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Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory I T User Experience and Information F low. Jim Heys, Yadira Ornelas, Jihyun Sun Design Workshop: Healthcare Research, Judith Gregory, PhD, Advisor Institute of Design, IIT. What is cardiac catheterization (Cardiac Cath)?.
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Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory IT User Experience and Information Flow Jim Heys, Yadira Ornelas, Jihyun Sun Design Workshop: Healthcare Research, Judith Gregory, PhD, Advisor Institute of Design, IIT
What is cardiac catheterization (Cardiac Cath)? • A procedure that helps a doctor to see how the heart is working Cardiologists insert a catheter into an artery in the arm or leg which leads to the heart. http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4491
Cath Lab Team • Attending Cardiologist • Cardiology Fellow • Nurse(s) • Technician
During Before After Operating Table Technician Storage NurseStation Nurse(s) CardiologistFellow Attending Cardiologist Operating Room Patient Scrubs Control Room Preparing Performing Concluding
Data Finance and Accounting Billing and Cost Capture Inventory Medical Record & Coding images Vital Signs and Chronological Log Data Hospital Information System Cath Lab IT Reporting Tool Cath Procedure ACC Registry QA & Benchmark documents CVIS (Cardio-Vascular Information System) Imaging System for Angiograms & others Clinical Research Cath Lab Info. Flow Information Flow in Cath Data Circulation
Methodology • Field Observation (February-December, 2007) • Video and photographic documentation • In situ interviews
Information Flow Generation Management Storage Distribution
Implications • Value for Cath team (Providers) • Value for patients
Rush Hospital, Chicago, IL University of Chicago Hospital, Chicago, IL GE Healthcare Acknowledgements