Multimethod Evaluation of Information and Communication Technologies in Health in the Context of Wicked Problems and Sociotechnical Theory

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 746-755

  Westbrook, Johanna I ^a   Braithwaite, Jeffrey ^b   Georgiou, Andrew ^a   Ampt, Amanda ^a   Creswick, Nerida ^a   Coiera, Enrico ^b   Iedema, Rick ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MASS COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SAFETY;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; COMMUNICATION; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; INFORMATION THEORY; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; MEDICATION SYSTEMS, HOSPITAL; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEW SOUTH WALES; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOLOGY;

EID: 35648979464     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.M2462     Document Type: Article

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