Changes in healthcare professional work afforded by technology: The introduction of a national electronic patient record in an English hospital

Organization

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 206-226

  Petrakaki, Dimitra ^a   Klecun, Ela ^b   Cornford, Tony ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Affordance; change; healthcare professionals; technology; work

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959081898     PISSN: 13505084     EISSN: 14617323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350508414545907     Document Type: Article

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