Methods for Utilizing Multidisciplinary Team to Create Novel Visual Alarm Designs That Improve Recognition of Patient Decompensation and Alarm Response. Issue 1 (September 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Horwood, Chelsea R.; Fitzgerald, Morgan; Moffatt-Bruce, Susan D.; Rayo, Michael F.
• Is Part Of: Proceedings of the International Symposium of Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare. Volume 8:Issue 1(2019)
• Page Start: 257
• Page End: 260
• Publication Date: 2019-09
• Subjects: Human engineering -- Periodicals; Medical care -- Periodicals; 620.8
• DOI: 10.1177/2327857919081060
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2327-8579

Abstract

The overwhelming number of alarms on medical center floors are false and nonactionable. This leads to delay in alarm response and adverse events. Furthermore, current alarm technology does not have the ability to display patient trends, it only displays one isolated patient event. This paper focuses on describing the methods for creating novel visual displays that incorporates alarm technology and patient decompensation events. Through a multi-disciplinary team approach, that is centered on human factors and system engineers, a novel visual display was created that integrated current alarm technology with patient data. The new displays were better able to predict decompensation and alarm validity. It is crucial to integrate partners from all facets of the medical community and from human factors and system engineering to form an accurate understanding and modeling of patients