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Ursula Hübner1, Mareike Przysucha1
1Health Informatics Research Group, University AS Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany.
Abstract:
Patient handovers are crucial to warrant continuity of care and patient safety. The handoverEHR is an instrument that allows users to depict the main features of a clinical case in cognitive maps. We were interested whether this tool had an effect on the task load. A cross-over study with 30 nursing students was therefore conducted. Mental demand showed a statistical trend to be lower in cognitive map handovers than in the other handover types.
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