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Information and its uses in medical practice: A critical interrogation of IT plans and visions in health care
[journal article]
Abstract "This article is concerned with technology driven IT plans and visions in
health care, and their interferences with medical practices and uses of
information. Drawing on fieldwork from a study of the implementation of
an electronic patient record in a hospital in Norway, it analyses different
in... view more
"This article is concerned with technology driven IT plans and visions in
health care, and their interferences with medical practices and uses of
information. Drawing on fieldwork from a study of the implementation of
an electronic patient record in a hospital in Norway, it analyses different
instances of information generation, use and sharing in order to consider
the role of IT and electronic information flow in medical practice. When
compared with practice, the model of information in IT plans turns out to
be very narrow and rigid as to what should count as information; what the
proper form of information is; and what paths it should take. The argument
is that the implementation of IT built on this model of information
first excludes large parts of the information practices and processes in
medical work; secondly adds to the dependence upon other forms of information,
and information flow and sharing; and third, creates extra
work." (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
medical care; information; information technology; Norway; digitalization; neurology; knowledge
Classification
Medical Sociology
Medicine, Social Medicine
Document language
English
Publication Year
2005
Page/Pages
p. 339-372
Journal
International Journal of Action Research, 1 (2005) 3
ISSN
1861-1303
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications