Sociotechnical changing in healthcare

Stud Health Technol Inform. 2010:157:25-30.

Abstract

This paper discusses a conceptual approach to the study of the implementation of ICTs in healthcare organizations. The paper uses some fundamental concepts from sociotechnical studies to address the complex process of change--the changing--that accompanies ICT innovations. The paper argues for the importance of the perspective of changing as a way to account for the dynamics as technology and people, organizations and institutions co-constitutively work-out their future together.

MeSH terms

  • Diffusion of Innovation*
  • Hospital Communication Systems / trends*
  • Hospital Information Systems / trends*
  • Program Development