Many information systems have failed when deployed into complex health-care settings. We
believe that one cause of these failures is the difficulty in systematically accounting for the …

This article proposes the concept of Collaborative Affordances to describe physical and
digital properties (ie, affordances) of an artifact, which affords coordination and collaboration …

Due to its complex nature, modern biomedical research has become increasingly
interdisciplinary and collaborative in nature. Although a necessity, interdisciplinary …

Purpose Our objective was to identify and examine studies of collaboration in relation to the
use of health information technologies (HIT) in the biomedical informatics field. Methods We …

PURPOSE: Electronic medical records (EMR) promise potential benefits for the practice of
medical care. However, individual technologies such as EMR must interact with the work …

The introduction of theelectronic medical record (EMR) is widely seenby healthcare policy
makers and servicemanagers alike as a key step in the achievementof more efficient and …

The development and implementation of enabling tools and methods that provide ready
access to knowledge and information are among the central goals of medical informatics …

Despite the potential for electronic health records to help providers coordinate care, the
current marketplace has failed to provide adequate solutions. Using a simple framework, we …

Electronic Medical Records promise to simultaneously enhance coordination and provide
transparency and accountability in work process. As such, EMR are purported to benefit both …

Healthcare organizations are often organized in a modular, loosely coupled fashion where
separate and semi-autonomous work units specialize in different areas of care delivery. This …