Square pegs in round holes: Information systems, hospitals and the significance of contextual awareness

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 519-525

  Tjora, Aksel Hagen ^a,b   Scambler, Graham ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b Norwegian Centre for Telemedicine   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Awareness; Computer supported cooperative work (CSCW); Health systems; Hospital; Implementation; Information and communication technologies (ICT); Negotiated order; Norway

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE SECTOR; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH POLICY; HOSPITAL SECTOR; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; INFORMATION SYSTEM; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; SOCIAL SECURITY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; AWARENESS; COMPUTER SECURITY; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NORWAY; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 58349107498     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.11.005     Document Type: Article

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