Translations in network configurations: a case study of system implementation in a hospital

Authors:
Agneta Nilsson;Miria Grisot;Lars Mathiassen
Affiliations:
Department of Informatics, Göteborg University;Department of Informatics, Oslo University;Computer Information Systems, Georgia State University
Venue:
Networked information technologies
Year:
2004

Citing 7
Cited 1

Introduction: what does groupware mean for the organizations hosting it?

Groupware and teamwork
Organizational adoption and assimilation of complex technological innovations: development and application of a new framework

ACM SIGMIS Database - Special issue on adoption, diffusion, and infusion of IT
Reinventing Government in the Information Age

Reinventing Government in the Information Age
Interpreting Information Systems in Organizations

Interpreting Information Systems in Organizations
The Camera as an ActorDesign-in-Use of Telemedicine Infrastructure inSurgery

Computer Supported Cooperative Work
Telling an Innovation Story

Proceedings of the IFIP TC8 WG8.1 Fourth Working Conference on Diffusing Software Products and Process Innovations
What's Wrong with the Diffusion of Innovation Theory

Proceedings of the IFIP TC8 WG8.1 Fourth Working Conference on Diffusing Software Products and Process Innovations

Linking stakeholder salience with mobile services diffusion

International Journal of Mobile Communications

Quantified Score

Hi-index	0.00

Visualization

Abstract

This paper reports from an interpretive case study in a hospital of the replacement of paper based order forms for radiology examinations with web based order forms. The aim is to contribute with a better understanding about the implementation of networked technologies in healthcare. The case shows how the implementation of network technology imposes a configuration in the actor-network and illustrates the importance of small steps and translations involving many different actors in the process leading to a new stabilized configuration.