Toward the paperless hospital?

Harper, R.H.R. and O'Hara, K.P.A. and Sellen, A.J. and Duthie, D.J.R. (1997) Toward the paperless hospital? British Journal of Anaesthesia, 78 (6). pp. 762-767. ISSN 0007-0912

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Abstract

This report describes an ethnographic study of document use by anaesthetists. In doing so, it focuses on the role of the preoperative risk assessment form as used in anaesthetic practice at a cardiothoracic hospital, and considers what would be the advantages and disadvantages of shifting the paper into the electronic form. Evidence from this case study is used to comment on how the practical use of documents by medical professionals can be fundamentally at odds with how the organization at large would like to use them. We argue that hospital trusts need to take into account this practical perspective in order to build effective, on-line document systems.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
British Journal of Anaesthesia
Uncontrolled Keywords:
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Subjects:
?? ANAESTHESIA, AUDITANAESTHETISTS, ACTIVITYCOMPUTERSRECORDS, ANAESTHESIARECORDS, ANAESTHESIA, COMPUTERIZEDANESTHESISTARTICLEMEDICAL DOCUMENTATIONMEDICAL LITERATUREMEDICAL PRACTICEPREOPERATIVE EVALUATIONPRIORITY JOURNALRISK ASSESSMENTANESTHESIOLOGY AND PAIN ??
ID Code:
125879
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Deposited On:
14 Jun 2018 13:06
Refereed?:
Yes
Published?:
Published
Last Modified:
16 Sep 2023 01:43