Title :
Distributed Cognition in Geriatric Telepsychiatry
Author :
Hansen, Sean W. ; Gogan, Janis L. ; Baxter, Ryan J.
Abstract :
We report on a geriatric telepsychiatry consultation service provided by a tertiary-care hospital to rural nursing homes located up to a few hours´ drive away. Our case study analysis applies distributed cognition theory to highlight the interplay of social, structural, and temporal distribution of cognitive tasks associated with the telepsych service. Our findings yield a range of useful guidelines for the design of new telemedicine systems and other clinical collaboration tools.
Keywords :
cognition; distributed processing; psychology; distributed cognition; geriatric telepsychiatry; rural nursing homes; social distribution; structural distribution; telemedicine systems; telepsych service; temporal distribution; tertiary care hospital; Cameras; Cognition; Collaboration; Geriatrics; Interviews; Telemedicine; Distributed cognition; Embedded case study analysis; Telemedicine; Telepsychiatry;
Conference_Titel :
System Science (HICSS), 2012 45th Hawaii International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Maui, HI
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1925-7
Electronic_ISBN :
1530-1605
DOI :
10.1109/HICSS.2012.223
