Abstraction networks: adapting abstraction hierarchies to map important relationships for system design. Issue 1 (March 2023)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Abstraction networks: adapting abstraction hierarchies to map important relationships for system design. Issue 1 (March 2023)
- Main Title:
- Abstraction networks: adapting abstraction hierarchies to map important relationships for system design
- Authors:
- Tewani, Priyanka
Jefferies, Christine M.
Reynolds, Morgan
Segarra, Gabriel
Rayo, Michael F.
Catchpole, Ken - Abstract:
- Abstraction hierarchies (AHs) are essential to a work domain analysis (WDA), the "most important and unique" phase of cognitive work analysis (CWA) (Vicente, 1999). Although AHs have been the industry standard for assessing and describing work systems for several decades, they are not without limitations (Vicente, 2002). We have developed an evolution of AHs called Abstraction Networks (ANs) to address several of the limitations Vicente identified. ANs are designed to (1) improve engagement with practitioners, thereby facilitating greater shared understanding of the system, (2) better integrate with existing systems analysis tools, and (3) provide a more direct bridge between systems analysis and display design. We document a case study that uses ANs to better understand a sterile processing department (SPD) at a Southeastern tertiary care hospital, detailing the extent to which AN's achieve these three goals.
- Is Part Of:
- Proceedings of the International Symposium of Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare. Volume 12:Issue 1(2023)
- Journal:
- Proceedings of the International Symposium of Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare
- Issue:
- Volume 12:Issue 1(2023)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 12, Issue 1 (2023)
- Year:
- 2023
- Volume:
- 12
- Issue:
- 1
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2023-0012-0001-0000
- Page Start:
- 213
- Page End:
- 217
- Publication Date:
- 2023-03
- Subjects:
- Human engineering -- Periodicals
Medical care -- Periodicals
620.8 - Journal URLs:
- http://hcs.sagepub.com/ ↗
http://www.sagepublications.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1177/2327857923121048 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 2327-8579
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