Cocreating the ICU-PAUSE Tool for Intensive Care Unit–Ward Transitions

ABSTRACT:

Background

Intensive care unit (ICU)–ward patient transfers are inherently high risk, and clinician miscommunication has been linked to adverse events and negative outcomes. Despite these risks, few educational tools exist to improve resident handoff communication at ICU–ward transfer.

Objective

We used human-centered design (HCD) methods to cocreate a novel electronic health record ICU–ward transfer tool alongside Internal Medicine residents at three academic hospitals.

Methods

We conducted HCD workshops at each hospital, performing process mapping, brainstorming, and rapid prototyping. We performed thematic analysis on verbatim-transcribed workshop audio recordings to inform development and adaptation of the final resident prototype into the ICU-PAUSE tool.

SUBMITTER: Santhosh L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9341494 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature