Decision-making in the front line: The role of choice architecture in NHS paramedic judgements over patient conveyance

Andrew Weyman; Rachel O'Hara

Decision-making in the front line: The role of choice architecture in NHS paramedic judgements over patient conveyance

Andrew Weyman, Rachel O'Hara

University of Sheffield

Research output: Chapter or section in a book/report/conference proceeding › Book chapter

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Abstract

This chapter articulates contemporary insights into non-clinical considerations that impact on paramedic decision making over patient treatment and (non-)conveyance to hospital emergency departments. After introducing the concept and role of choice architecture, it moves on to provide a flavour of tensions surrounding extrinsic influences on decision making over care destinations for patients, in the context of rising demand for services, scarcity of resources and professional and institutional worries over blame and accountability.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Critical perspectives on the management and organization of emergency services
Editors	Paresh Wankhade, Leo McCann, Peter Murphy
Place of Publication	London
Publisher	Routledge
Chapter	12
Pages	200-216
Number of pages	17
Edition	1
ISBN (Print)	978-1-138-09765-0, 978-1-315-10444-7
Publication status	Published - 29 May 2019

Publication series

Name	Routledge Critical Studies in Public Management
Publisher	Routledge

Keywords

Ambulance
Decision-making
Patient
Safety

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http://Critical perspectives on the management and organization of emergency services

Extending Working Lives in the NHS: Opportunities, Challenges and Prospects
Weyman, A. (PI)
MRC
12/03/14 → 31/08/18
Project: Research council
Uncertain Futures: Managing Late Career Transitions and Extended Working Life
Weyman, A. (PI) & Wainwright, D. (CoI)
Economic and Social Research Council
1/02/14 → 20/03/17
Project: Research council
Decision Making and Safety in Emergency Care Transitions
Weyman, A. (PI)
National Institute for Health Research
1/10/11 → 31/10/13
Project: Central government, health and local authorities

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Weyman, A., & O'Hara, R. (2019). Decision-making in the front line: The role of choice architecture in NHS paramedic judgements over patient conveyance. In P. Wankhade, L. McCann, & P. Murphy (Eds.), Critical perspectives on the management and organization of emergency services (1 ed., pp. 200-216). (Routledge Critical Studies in Public Management). Routledge. http://Critical perspectives on the management and organization of emergency services

Decision-making in the front line: The role of choice architecture in NHS paramedic judgements over patient conveyance. / Weyman, Andrew; O'Hara, Rachel.
Critical perspectives on the management and organization of emergency services. ed. / Paresh Wankhade; Leo McCann; Peter Murphy. 1. ed. London: Routledge, 2019. p. 200-216 (Routledge Critical Studies in Public Management).

Research output: Chapter or section in a book/report/conference proceeding › Book chapter

Weyman, A & O'Hara, R 2019, Decision-making in the front line: The role of choice architecture in NHS paramedic judgements over patient conveyance. in P Wankhade, L McCann & P Murphy (eds), Critical perspectives on the management and organization of emergency services. 1 edn, Routledge Critical Studies in Public Management, Routledge, London, pp. 200-216. <http://Critical perspectives on the management and organization of emergency services>

Weyman A, O'Hara R. Decision-making in the front line: The role of choice architecture in NHS paramedic judgements over patient conveyance. In Wankhade P, McCann L, Murphy P, editors, Critical perspectives on the management and organization of emergency services. 1 ed. London: Routledge. 2019. p. 200-216. (Routledge Critical Studies in Public Management). Epub 2019 May 16.

Weyman, Andrew ; O'Hara, Rachel. / Decision-making in the front line: The role of choice architecture in NHS paramedic judgements over patient conveyance. Critical perspectives on the management and organization of emergency services. editor / Paresh Wankhade ; Leo McCann ; Peter Murphy. 1. ed. London : Routledge, 2019. pp. 200-216 (Routledge Critical Studies in Public Management).

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Decision-making in the front line: The role of choice architecture in NHS paramedic judgements over patient conveyance

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