Background Actor-Network Theory (ANT) is an increasingly influential, but still deeply
contested, approach to understand humans and their interactions with inanimate objects. We …

The implementation of health information technology interventions is at the forefront of most
policy agendas internationally. However, such undertakings are often far from …

Importance Improving patient safety is at the forefront of policy and practice. While considerable
progress has been made in understanding the frequency, causes and consequences of …

Background Increasing recognition of the burden associated with iatrogenic disease has led
to international interest into how best to promote patient safety. Within this field, the subject …

Background Evidence suggests that many small- and medium-scale Electronic Health Record
(EHR) implementations encounter problems, these often stemming from users' difficulties …

Background Concerns with the usability of electronic prescribing (ePrescribing) systems
can lead to the development of workarounds by users. Objectives To investigate the types of …

Objective To understand the medium-term consequences of implementing commercially
procured computerized physician order entry (CPOE) and clinical decision support (CDS) …

… Kathrin M Cresswell was employed as a researcher and led on the write-up and drafting
the initial version of the paper, with Aziz Sheikh commenting on various drafts. …

Implementation and adoption of complex health information technology (HIT) is gaining
momentum internationally. This is underpinned by the drive to improve the safety, quality, and …

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