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When conversation is better than computation.

E Coiera1

  • 1Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. ewc@pobox.com

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA
|June 1, 2000
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Clinical communication errors significantly impact patient health outcomes. This study emphasizes prioritizing communication in health informatics and proposes models for system-user common ground to improve healthcare information systems.

Area of Science:

  • Health Informatics
  • Clinical Communication
  • Human-Computer Interaction

Background:

  • The clinical communication space is central to healthcare information flow but often overlooked in informatics.
  • Communication errors are a significant cause of clinical morbidity and mortality.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the implications of prioritizing the communication space in health informatics.
  • To propose solutions for communication difficulties in healthcare.
  • To investigate how understanding human communication dynamics can enhance healthcare information system design.

Main Methods:

  • Conceptual exploration of communication primacy in informatics.
  • Analysis of communication dynamics and common ground in human conversation.

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  • Proposal of models for common ground between systems and users.

    • Main Results:

    • Acknowledging the primacy of communication offers insights into improving healthcare information systems.
    • Models of common ground can illuminate when communication or computational systems are more appropriate for information problems.

    Conclusions:

    • Healthcare informatics must recognize and address the critical role of clinical communication.
    • Leveraging principles of human communication, such as common ground, can lead to more effective design of health information systems.