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Alan Au

Graduated: November 1, 2013

Thesis/Dissertation Title:

What Difference Does a Form Make: Redesign and Evaluation of a Form for Documenting In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

The real-time documentation of medications and procedures is an essential part of managing patient care during in-hospital "code blue" cardiac arrest emergencies. Care providers have voiced dissatisfaction with the existing code blue documentation form. To address this problem, a mixed-methods needs assessment was used to describe the problems of usability and completeness. Based on the results, the documentation form was redesigned and then assessed through an evaluation study.

Last Known Position:

Data Scientist, Microsoft

Committee:

Drs. Fred Wolf, Lynne Robins, David Chou, Brian Ross, David Farkas (GSR)