Benefit or burden? A sociotechnical analysis of diagnostic computer kiosks in four California hospital emergency departments

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2378-2385

  Ackerman, Sara L ^a   Tebb, Kathleen ^a   Stein, John C ^a   Frazee, Bradley W ^b   Hendey, Gregory W ^a   Schmidt, Laura A ^a   Gonzales, Ralph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ALAMEDA COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Actor network theory; Diagnosis; Emergency medicine; Health information technology (IT); Implementation; Politics of evidence; Sociotechnical analysis; Triage; U.S.

Indexed keywords

ACTOR NETWORK THEORY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITAL SECTOR; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER NETWORK; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; EMBEDDING; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING STAFF; THEORETICAL MODEL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

CALIFORNIA; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TRIAGE; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84869508472     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.09.013     Document Type: Article

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