When in the clinics for more formal data collection activities (meetings, trainings, interviews) we often take time to engage in informal conversations with and observe the workflow of available staff, focusing on staff interaction with the EHR and use (or non-use) of the intervention's alert/reminder and reporting/panel management tools.
To understand how CARAT would fit into the existing clinical workflow, we observed the clinic and talked with the clinical staff to develop a process map for the existing clinical workflow.
To understand how CARAT would fit into the existing clinical workflow, we observed the clinic and talked with the clinic staff to develop a process map for the existing clinical workflow (Table 3).
As an indicator for a missing fit to workflow we observed the need for workarounds to document half or quarter tablet regimens.
We observe the time and content of each report from w. Fig. 4 Workflow of the experiments.
There, the task force members observed routine workflow processes and became familiar with other practical concerns of operating an ED-SSS on a daily basis.
Once an observation window is identified, the site coordinator requests provider permission for a research team member to observe team workflow during this time period including - with patient consent - patient encounters.
During shadowing we try to observe all workflow elements including team meetings, provider/medical assistant pre-visit 'scrubs' or 'huddles' , patient rooming, and RN and provider sessions.
We also observe that workflow tools developed and used in other domains, such as astronomy [ 43] in many cases are not widely used in bioinformatics, which may partly be due to a lack of communication between scientists of different field, yet also reflect domain specific needs.
Our analysis has resulted in a set of scientific workflow motifs that outline (i) the kinds of data-intensive activities that are observed in workflows (Data-Operation motifs), and (ii) the different manners in which activities are implemented within workflows (Workflow-Oriented motifs).
