Title :
Situated crowdsourcing: A pragmatic approach to encouraging participation in healthcare design
Author :
Marshall, Paul ; Cain, Rebecca ; Payne, Sarah
Author_Institution :
Digital Lab., Univ. of Warwick, Coventry, UK
Abstract :
In this position paper, we outline a project being developed to improve the physical environment of a hospital emergency department to reduce staff stress levels and increase restorative opportunities. We outline a potential pragmatic participatory method to deal with staff members´ limited time, which uses social software implemented on situated interactive displays.
Keywords :
design engineering; health care; occupational stress; crowdsourcing; healthcare design participation; hospital emergency department; interactive displays; physical environment; potential pragmatic participatory method; pragmatic approach; restorative opportunity; social software; staff stress level reduction; Computers; Conferences; Context; Employment; Information systems; Medical services; Stress; emergency department; health; participatory design; restoration; situated crowdsourcing; stress;
Conference_Titel :
Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare (PervasiveHealth), 2011 5th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Dublin
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-767-2
