Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP140101822

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP140101822

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Sonification and Multiple-Patient Monitoring. Auditory alarms on medical equipment are meant to save lives. If there are too many nuisance alarms, though, staff become unresponsive to all alarms: this is "alarm fatigue". Alarm fatigue can lead to patient harm or even death, particularly if staff must divide their attention across multiple patients. This project conjectures that a form of auditory display called sonification might be extended to multiple-patient monitoring. In a series of three studies this project will develop and test novel sonifications for remote monitoring of multiple patients. It also tests whether a head-worn display unit can help staff orient auditory attention effectively across multiple patients without distracting from current tasks. Outcomes will offer solutions to alarm fatigue.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2014

End Date: 31-05-2017

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $388,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Information Systems | Psychology and Cognitive Sciences not elsewhere classified | Computer-Human Interaction

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Nursing | Health and Support Services not elsewhere classified | Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences |

Other Keywords

Computer-Human Interaction | Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences | Health and Support Services not elsewhere classified | Information Systems | Nursing | Psychology and Cognitive Sciences not elsewhere classified

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