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Published on: July 27, 2018
Work-sampling: a statistical approach to evaluation of the effect of computers on work patterns in the healthcare
1Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232-8143.
Abstract:
An increasing number of healthcare institutions are in the process of implementing clinical computing systems. The need for an accurate assessment of the clinical, administrative, social, and financial effects of such systems has been recognized. Techniques have been developed to evaluate these effects on the work patterns of healthcare workers including: 1) time-motion analysis, 2) subjective evaluations, 3) review of departmental statistics, 4) personal activity records, and 5) work-sampling. This manuscript reviews these techniques, discusses both positive and negative aspects, and presents a step-by-step description of work-sampling.
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