Activity analysis: applying activity theory to analyze complex work in hospitals

Authors:
Jakob Bardram;Afsaneh Doryab
Affiliations:
IT University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark;IT University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Venue:
Proceedings of the ACM 2011 conference on Computer supported cooperative work
Year:
2011

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Abstract

This paper presents "Activity Analysis" as a method for conducting and analyzing field studies based on Activity Theory. Two cases of activity analysis of work in a hospital ward and inside an operating room are presented. Guidelines for moving from Activity Analysis to systems design is presented and illustrated with the design of a context-aware system for hospitals.