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The purpose of this research is to provide medical clinicians with a new technology for interpreting large and diverse datasets to expedite critical care decision-making in the ICU. We refer to this technology as the medical information visualization assistant (MIVA). MIVA delivers multivariate biometric (bedside) data via a visualization display by transforming and organizing it into temporal resolutions that can provide contextual knowledge to clinicians. The result is a spatial organization of multiple datasets that allows rapid analysis and interpretation of trends. Findings from the usability study of the MIVA static prototype and heuristic inspection of the dynamic prototype suggest that using MIVA can yield faster and more accurate results. Furthermore, comments from the majority of the experimental group and the heuristic inspectors indicate that MIVA can facilitate clinical task flow in context-dependent health care settings.
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Faiola, A., Newlon, C. (2011). Advancing Critical Care in the ICU: A Human-Centered Biomedical Data Visualization Systems. In: Robertson, M.M. (eds) Ergonomics and Health Aspects of Work with Computers. EHAWC 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6779. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21716-6_13
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