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Anne Miller, PhD, RN
Research Associate in Nursing and Postdoctoral Fellowanne.miller@vanderbilt.edu
Current Research Interests
- Resilience engineering for health care environments. This work involves understanding the processes humans evolve to manage high workload events while also maintaining high quality patient care.
- Clinical decision making and continuity of patient care. This work is grounded in complex system theory and naturalistic decision making. Data collection methods are ethnographic and analysis approaches are qualitative and quantitative. Results of this work inform process and information systems design.
- Clinical information design. This work involve designing and developing information systems to support human work. The work is grounded in theories of cognitive psychology, human-computer interaction and computer supported cooperative work. Research methods are analytical and evaluative, including field observations and empirical studies undertaken in simulation environments.
Grants
2005 (Co-PI) Analyzing temporally distributed medial and nursing team coordination in the ICU. Co-investigators: Prof Carlos Scheinkestel (MD), Dr Michelel Joseph (MD). Funded by Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists [Ref 06/026]
2004 (Co-PI) Exploring information gaps in medical and nursing shift handovers in the ICU. Co-PIs A.Prof. Bala Venkatesh, Mr Anthony Limpus (RN, BNS). Funded by Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists. [Ref05/002]
2004 (PI) Developing a learning communication within an online Masters degree program. Co-PIs Ms Mia O’Brien, Ms Greta Kelly. Teaching and Education Development Institute at The University of Queensland
2003 (PI) Developing an online conference as a learning community. Co-PIs Ms Mia O’Brien, Ms Greta Kelly. Teaching and Education Development Institute at The University of Queensland
Representative Publications
Power G & Miller A. (2007) Using simulated cardio-pulmonary bypass (CPB) failure as a basis for a perfusionists’ training needs analysis. Journal of Extracorporeal Technology Accepted for publication.
Tucker, A. Miller, A. Sweeney, D. & Jones, JW. (Accepted for publication, 2006). Continuing Medical Education: A needs analysis for anaesthetists. Anaesthesia & Intensive Care.
Miller, A & Xiao, Y. (2007). Factors affecting safe operating states and compensation strategies to pressures in a Shock Trauma Centre. Cognition Technology and Work
Miller, A. (2004) A Work Domain Analysis framework for modelling patients as the system at the core of medical Intensive Care Units. Cognition Technology and Work. 6: 207-222.
Venkatesh, B. Miller, A. Karnik, A. (2006). Information exchange in Intensive Care: How can we improve? In Vincent, J.L. (Ed) 2006 Handbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine. Berlin, Germany: Springer