Physicians’ progress notes

Jørgen P. Bansler; Erling C. Havn; Troels Mønsted; Kjeld Schmidt; Jesper Hastrup Svendsen

doi:10.1007/978-1-4471-5346-7_7

Physicians’ progress notes

Jørgen P. Bansler, Erling C. Havn, Troels Mønsted, Kjeld Schmidt, Jesper Hastrup Svendsen

Department of Computer Science

Abstract

Thispaperexaminesphysicians’progressnotes,anartifactthat,inspite of its obvious importance in the coordination of cooperative work in clinical set- tings, has not been subjected to systematic study under CSCW auspices. While several studies have addressed the role of the medical record in patient care, they have not dealt specifically with the role, structure, and content of the progress notes. As a consequence, CSCW research has not yet taken fully into account the fact that progress notes are coordinative artifacts of a rather special kind, an open-ended chain of prose texts, written sequentially by cooperating physicians for their own use as well as for that of their colleagues. We argue that progress notes are the core of the medical record, in that they marshal and summarize the overwhelming amount of data that is available in the modern hospital environment, and that their narrative format is uniquely adequate for the pivotal epistemic aspect of coopera- tive clinical work: the narrative format enables physicians to not only record ‘facts’ but also—by filtering, interpreting, organizing, and qualifying information—to make sense and act concertedly under conditions of uncertainty and contingency.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ECSCW 2013 : Proceedings of the 13th European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 2013, Paphos, Cyprus
Editors	Olav W. Bertelsen, Luigina Ciolfi, Maria Antonietta Grasso, George Angelos Papadopoulos
Number of pages	20
Publisher	Springer
Publication date	2013
Pages	123-142
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4471-5345-0
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-4471-5346-7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5346-7_7
Publication status	Published - 2013
Event	13th European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work - Paphos, Cyprus Duration: 21 Sept 2013 → 25 Sept 2013 Conference number: 13

Conference

Conference	13th European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work
Number	13
Country/Territory	Cyprus
City	Paphos
Period	21/09/2013 → 25/09/2013

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Bansler, J. P., Havn, E. C., Mønsted, T., Schmidt, K., & Svendsen, J. H. (2013). Physicians’ progress notes. In O. W. Bertelsen, L. Ciolfi, M. A. Grasso, & G. A. Papadopoulos (Eds.), ECSCW 2013: Proceedings of the 13th European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 2013, Paphos, Cyprus (pp. 123-142). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5346-7_7

Physicians’ progress notes. / Bansler, Jørgen P.; Havn, Erling C.; Mønsted, Troels et al.

ECSCW 2013: Proceedings of the 13th European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 2013, Paphos, Cyprus. ed. / Olav W. Bertelsen; Luigina Ciolfi; Maria Antonietta Grasso; George Angelos Papadopoulos. Springer, 2013. p. 123-142.

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Bansler, JP, Havn, EC, Mønsted, T, Schmidt, K & Svendsen, JH 2013, Physicians’ progress notes. in OW Bertelsen, L Ciolfi, MA Grasso & GA Papadopoulos (eds), ECSCW 2013: Proceedings of the 13th European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 2013, Paphos, Cyprus. Springer, pp. 123-142, 13th European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, Paphos, Cyprus, 21/09/2013. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5346-7_7

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