Clinical workflow refers to the complex interacting tasks performed by clinicians as they go about their daily work and to the corresponding information flows that are generated.
Workflow support is a critical factor in the acceptance and use of computer system.
Automation is unlikely to be successful unless it produces a net benefit for users to offset the costs of its use. Several activities in the outpatient care of asthmatic children generate information flows that are amenable to automation, e.g., documentation of findings and interventions, calculation of medication dosages, and printing of prescriptions and patient education materials. The MessagePad is about the size of a videotape cassette and it weighs only 1.0 lb.