Designing Novel Visual Physiologic Monitor Displays for Patient Care

Mabel Cummins, Caroline Sicard, Sean Yang, Joseph J. Schlesinger, Joshua Shive, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Department of Mathematics, Vanderbilt University, Department of Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Psychological Sciences and Counseling, Tennessee State University

Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Published online on April 24, 2026

Abstract

Human Factors, Ahead of Print.
ObjectiveThis study compared how numeric and configural visual displays affect reaction time (RT), accuracy, and workload during a simulated patient monitoring task.BackgroundWe previously showed that a configural display that maps vital sign variables in ...