Using Visual Analytics to Determine the Utilization of Preoperative Anesthesia Assessments

Conclusions: This approach revealed patterns of utilization that had not been previously identified, including usage by surgical residents, surgical faculty, and pathology researchers both before and after the surgical event for which the documents are generated. Knowledge of these dependencies directly informed perioperative workflow restructuring efforts. This visual analytic approach could be broadly utilized to understand documentation dependencies in a variety of clinical contexts....
Source: Applied Clinical Informatics - Category: Information Technology Source Type: research