In a comprehensive 14 step analysis we compiled diagnostic and therapeutic pathways for 13 cancer entities using a mixed approach of document analysis, workflow analysis, expert interviews, workflow modelling and feedback loops.
Their views and responses were used to refine the interview and workflow.
Informed by a sociotechnical model consisting of eight dimensions, we conducted focus groups, individual interviews and workflow observations in 11 EDs, of which 5 were located in academic medical centers and 6 were in community hospitals.
The method we applied also compares dispenser locations, but the test locations are a combined result of focus group discussions, individual interviews and workflow observations.
Therefore, based on the results of the interviews and workflow observations, for period 2 we placed additional dispensers at the entrance to the patient room and on the wall to the right of the patient near the computer.
All notes and interviews were focused on workflow issues, their variations across different circumstances, and subject's perceptions about their effectiveness and points of failure.
We assessed impact on clinic workflow by interviewing clinicians who had patients that participated in the study.
This method consists of three types of assessment: workflow observations, interviews with nurses and physicians, and electronic measurements of ABHR dispenser usage.
> Our series of interviews showed that detailed workflow differs from database to database, reflecting differences in requirements, volume of literature to be curated, length of time the databases have been operating and the scale and complexity of the curation activities.
When the results of the workflow observations, interviews and frequency of use of the dispensers are combined, it seems that location 1 (near the sink) and location 2 (at the entrance) are both preferred locations for an ABHR dispenser in the test room.
The field workflow commenced with interviews with local clinicians, followed by interview with lab technicians, from which lists of items and the quantities consumed were generated.
