The influence of is affordances on work practices in health care: A relational coordination approach

International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2012

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages 4270-4280

  Sebastian, Ina M ^a   Bui, Tung X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Case study; Communication; Health Care Information Systems; High velocity environments; High reliability organizations; Information Systems affordances; Intensive Care Units; Relational Coordination

Indexed keywords

AFFORDANCES; HEALTH CARE INFORMATION SYSTEM; HIGH RELIABILITY ORGANIZATIONS; HIGH VELOCITY; RELATIONAL COORDINATION;

COMMUNICATION; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; HEALTH CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; RESEARCH; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84886569383     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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