Understanding context for quality improvement: Artefacts, affordances and socio-material infrastructure

Health (United Kingdom)

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 460-477

  Allen, Davina ^a  

^a Cardiff School of Nursing and Midwifery Studies   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnography; integrated care pathways; service improvement; technology in health care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CLINICAL PATHWAY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ETHNOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTEGRATED CARE PATHWAYS; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SERVICE IMPROVEMENT; STANDARD; TECHNOLOGY IN HEALTH CARE;

ETHNOGRAPHY; INTEGRATED CARE PATHWAYS; SERVICE IMPROVEMENT; TECHNOLOGY IN HEALTH CARE;

ARTIFACTS; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HUMANS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 84883271479     PISSN: 13634593     EISSN: 14617196     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363459312464072     Document Type: Article

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