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User customisation of medical devices: the reality and the possibilities
While studies of office environments have treated the customisation of technology by users as a positive response to the situated nature of work, customisation of devices in the medical domain, and other safet...
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Beyond handover: supporting awareness for continuous coverage
Hospitals are required to operate as a continuous system because patient care cannot be temporarily suspended and handover is seen as a key method for enabling this. This paper reports a study of handover in a...
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Diagnosis at the microscope: a workplace study of histopathology
Histopathologists diagnose cancer and other diseases by using a microscope to examine glass slides containing thin sections of human tissue. Technological advances mean that it is now possible to digitise the ...
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Open AccessStrategies for conducting situated studies of technology use in hospitals
Ethnographic methods are widely used for understanding situated practices with technology. When authors present their data gathering methods, they almost invariably focus on the bare essentials. These enable t...
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Open AccessEmbedding robotic surgery into routine practice and impacts on communication and decision making: a review of the experience of surgical teams
While an increasing number of healthcare providers are purchasing surgical robots because of anticipated improvements in patient outcomes, their implementation into practice is highly variable. In robotic surg...
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Open AccessNetworked information technologies and patient safety: a protocol for a realist synthesis
There is a widespread belief that information technologies will improve diagnosis, treatment and care. Evidence about their effectiveness in health care is, however, mixed. It is not clear why this is the case...
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Open AccessWorking together: reflections on how to make public involvement in research work
The importance of involving members of the public in the development, implementation and dissemination of research is increasingly recognised. There have been calls to share examples of how this can be done, a...
