Table 1.

Cognitive performance support objective mean scores.

Cognitive Performance Support Objective How effective is the prototype in helping you …	Mean Score	SD
1 Identify which patients have been in the ED the longest	8.56	1.20
2 Identify where patients are in the care process (across all patients)	8.17	1.54
3 Assess whether you have the resources required (e.g., beds, staffing) for the current patient demand	7.83	1.29
4 Identify bottlenecks or hold-ups preventing overall patient flow through the ED	7.50	1.34
5 Maintain awareness of overall acuity of patients waiting and currently being treated.	7.47	1.77
6 Assess the current state of the ED with respect to balancing patients and workload across providers	7.39	1.97
7 Identify hold-ups in the care of an individual patient	7.28	1.56
8 Project whether you will have the resources required (e.g., beds, staffing) to meet demands for the next few hours (e.g., anticipating arrivals, discharges, admissions, etc.)	7.17	1.20
9 Identify which patients are most critical	7.17	2.64
10 Assess the overall state of the ED (Is it a good day or a bad day?)	7.06	1.76
11 Support effective planning for individual patient care	6.88	1.69
12 Identify the next patient I should sign up for (e.g., patients that need to be seen out of order or seen from the waiting room)	6.88	1.96
13 Support effective communication and coordination among ED staff, in regard to balancing patients and workload across providers	6.83	1.89
14 Understand whether individual patients are waiting for you to assess or treat them (i.e. if you are the hold-up)	6.82	1.67
15 Identify where only my patients are in the care process	6.61	2.55
16 Support effective communication and coordination among ED staff	6.59	2.03
17 Support effective communication and coordination among ED staff, in regard to an individual patient and that patient’s treatment plan	6.56	1.54
18 Maintain awareness of acuity and changes in acuity of individual ED patients (Do we have lots of sick patients or are they mostly non-acute?)	6.44	2.18
19 Provide support for prioritizing your tasks	5.89	2.27