Remain faithful to the Earth!*: Reporting experiences of artifact-centered design in healthcare

Computer Supported Cooperative Work

Volumn 20, Issue 4-5, 2011, Pages 231-263

  Cabitza, Federico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Artifact centered design; Domain analysis; Healthcare; Healthcare information technology; Hospital work; Requirement elicitation; System analysis

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALS; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

ARTIFACT-CENTERED; DOMAIN ANALYSIS; HEALTHCARE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; HOSPITAL WORKS; REQUIREMENT ELICITATION;

MEDICAL COMPUTING;

EID: 84855453151     PISSN: 09259724     EISSN: 15737551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10606-011-9143-1     Document Type: Article

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