ICTs supporting targetmania: How the UK health sector is trying to modernise

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

Volumn 126, Issue , 2003, Pages 19-34

  McGrath, Kathy ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical social theory; Cultural change; Health sector; Information systems; Modernisation; Performance targets

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MODERNIZATION;

AMBULANCE SERVICES; CULTURAL CHANGES; ICT INNOVATIONS; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; PERFORMANCE TARGETS; PUBLIC DEMANDS; SOCIAL THEORY;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84904310952     PISSN: 18684238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-35695-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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