Clinician-informed design of AR-HMD team interaction behavior

Determine how clinicians can inform the design of spatial interface behavior for team interactions in safety-critical environments, specifically for augmented-reality head-mounted-display interfaces supporting emergency-department teamwork.

Background

The paper investigates augmented-reality head-mounted-display interfaces for emergency-department teamwork, focusing on role-based notifications, task-specific timers, and dosage-verification support. Existing healthcare AR-HMD research has primarily examined single-user clinical tasks, while emergency-department teams dynamically assemble, change roles, and coordinate under time pressure and uncertainty.

The authors identify an unresolved design question concerning how clinicians’ expertise and situated knowledge should shape the behavior of spatial interfaces during multi-user teamwork in safety-critical settings. The question is distinct from the paper’s formative co-design contribution: the study elicits preliminary specifications but does not resolve how clinician input should ultimately determine interface behavior in live team interactions.