Achieving Dependability in the Configuration, Integration and Testing of Healthcare Technologies

  • Authors:

  • David Martin;Mark Hartswood;Roger Slack;Alex Voss

  • Affiliations:

  • Computing Department, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK;Institute for Communicating and Collaborative Systems, School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland EH8 9LW;Institute for Communicating and Collaborative Systems, School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland EH8 9LW;Institute for Communicating and Collaborative Systems, School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland EH8 9LW

  • Venue:
  • Computer Supported Cooperative Work
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

This paper presents two case studies, which highlight the practical work involved in developing and deploying dependable healthcare systems. It shows how dependability is a thoroughgoingly practical, contexted achievement. We show how dependability is an outcome of the reasoning and argumentation processes that stakeholders engage in, in situations such as design and testing. What becomes relevant during these interactions stands as the dependability criteria that must be achieved. Furthermore, we examine the way in which different dependability criteria need to be managed, and even relatively prioritised, before finally discussing the types of work this provokes at the boundaries of organisations, particularly when integrating work and technologies.