Effective coordination is central to work in organizations. We conducted a field study
examining challenges to coordination between clinical and non-clinical staff in the patient …

Effective management of surgical suites require teamwork and constant adaptation. Attempts
to bring computer support might deteriorate information accuracy, be inflexible and turn staff …

BACKGROUND: Breakdowns in communication and coordination are situations of mismatch
between actual and expected conditions in joint activities. Breakdowns have been identified …

Nowadays, long wait, cancellations and resource overload frequently occur in healthcare,
especially in those sectors related to the patients passing through the operating theatre in …

Coordination in healthcare settings is a complex distributed process, mediated by a number
of artifacts. We describe the coordination mechanisms in a surgical unit and identify the …

Hospital emergency wards such as Gynaecology and obstetrics maternities are extremely
complex to manage and pose serious health risks to patients. Related tasks which are …

Nowadays, more and more hospitals seek to employ well-developed process management
and simulation tools in the healthcare organizations to develop the overall patient pathways …

Surgical suite management plays a key role in the endeavor of hospitals: patients' health at
sustainable cost. Computerization and automation of processes are conventional solutions …

The world faces an increase of the vulnerable population, calling for multidisciplinary and
inter-organizational collaboration to manage healthcare. Governments invest in creating …

Coordination breakdowns in clinical work are a common concern for patient safety. To
design technology that facilitates coordination and prevents breakdowns, we need to be …