TY - JOUR
T1 - Participatory design for computerization of clinical practice guidelines
AU - Lyng, Karen Marie
AU - Pedersen, B. S.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - There have been made many attempts on computerization of clinical practice guidelines (CPGs), none have, however achieved any general application in clinical work practice. The objective of this paper is: (1) to raise awareness about the impact the design method used for computerization of CPGs have on the final solution and (2) to explore the potential benefits - and disadvantages - of participatory design (PD) as an approach to design. However, rather than attempting to comprehensively cover the whole field of PD pertinent to healthcare, we focus on providing details on three aspects of PD: PD as a design philosophy, PD as a toolbox and PD as a way to create a shared realm of understanding among IT-designers and health professionals as these are areas of utmost relevance for the design of computerized CPGs. Additionally, the application of PD for computerization of CPGs is illustrated by two cases. We conclude that PD is a beneficial approach for design of computerized CPGs.
AB - There have been made many attempts on computerization of clinical practice guidelines (CPGs), none have, however achieved any general application in clinical work practice. The objective of this paper is: (1) to raise awareness about the impact the design method used for computerization of CPGs have on the final solution and (2) to explore the potential benefits - and disadvantages - of participatory design (PD) as an approach to design. However, rather than attempting to comprehensively cover the whole field of PD pertinent to healthcare, we focus on providing details on three aspects of PD: PD as a design philosophy, PD as a toolbox and PD as a way to create a shared realm of understanding among IT-designers and health professionals as these are areas of utmost relevance for the design of computerized CPGs. Additionally, the application of PD for computerization of CPGs is illustrated by two cases. We conclude that PD is a beneficial approach for design of computerized CPGs.
KW - Computerization of clinical practice guidelines
KW - Participatory design
KW - Requirement specification
KW - Software design
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=80052935762&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jbi.2011.05.005
DO - 10.1016/j.jbi.2011.05.005
M3 - Review
C2 - 21645636
AN - SCOPUS:80052935762
SN - 1532-0464
VL - 44
SP - 909
EP - 918
JO - Journal of Biomedical Informatics
JF - Journal of Biomedical Informatics
IS - 5
ER -