Infrastructuring and ordering devices in health care: Medication plans and practices on a hospital ward

Computer Supported Cooperative Work

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 615-637

  Bossen, Claus ^a   Markussen, Randi ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b IT UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Computerized physician order entry; Electronic medication module; Electronic patient records; Ethnography; Health care; Hospitals; Information infrastructures; Infrastructuring; Ordering; Ordering devices

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC MEDICATION MODULE; ELECTRONIC PATIENT RECORD; ETHNOGRAPHY; INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURES; INFRASTRUCTURING; ORDER ENTRY; ORDERING; ORDERING DEVICES;

HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALS; RECORDS MANAGEMENT;

HEALTH;

EID: 78650909425     PISSN: 09259724     EISSN: 15737551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10606-010-9131-x     Document Type: Article

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