Formative stages of the common medication card and potential challenges with implementation of this service
Western healthcare is provided in various levels in different organizations. Fragmented information flow and the need to improve the continuity of care has been a serious concern in healthcare system. Fragmented healthcare can result in medication errors that could have been avoided if information f...
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ftunivtroemsoe:oai:munin.uit.no:10037/1172 2024-06-02T08:15:20+00:00 Formative stages of the common medication card and potential challenges with implementation of this service Vitola, Ieva 2007-06-01 3164448 bytes application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/10037/1172 eng eng Universitetet i Tromsø University of Tromsø https://hdl.handle.net/10037/1172 URN:NBN:no-uit_munin_850 openAccess Copyright 2007 The Author(s) e-health actor network theory VDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Health sciences: 800::Health service and health administration research: 806 common medication card information infrastructures actor network theory Master thesis Mastergradsoppgave 2007 ftunivtroemsoe 2024-05-07T08:40:37Z Western healthcare is provided in various levels in different organizations. Fragmented information flow and the need to improve the continuity of care has been a serious concern in healthcare system. Fragmented healthcare can result in medication errors that could have been avoided if information flow was organized better. Use of IT services in healthcare organization is seen as possible solution to reduce these mistakes. Common medication card project in Norway was initiated as a part of national strategy for electronic cooperation in health and social sector. Two similar projects in Tromsø and Trondheim were studied. The intentions of these projects are to reduce medication errors and improve the information flow between primary and secondary healthcare levels. This thesis is an interpretive study and has addressed the potential challenges with implementing the common medication card service. Interviews were the main data source. The main challenges that could be met when implementing the common medication card are dealing with the distributed character of healthcare work and interdependency of medication information, as well as obtaining the sustainable use of this service. Changes in work routines and responsibility are likely to appear but the consequences of these changes are hard to foresee. Master Thesis Tromsø University of Tromsø: Munin Open Research Archive Norway Tromsø |
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Western healthcare is provided in various levels in different organizations. Fragmented information flow and the need to improve the continuity of care has been a serious concern in healthcare system. Fragmented healthcare can result in medication errors that could have been avoided if information flow was organized better. Use of IT services in healthcare organization is seen as possible solution to reduce these mistakes. Common medication card project in Norway was initiated as a part of national strategy for electronic cooperation in health and social sector. Two similar projects in Tromsø and Trondheim were studied. The intentions of these projects are to reduce medication errors and improve the information flow between primary and secondary healthcare levels. This thesis is an interpretive study and has addressed the potential challenges with implementing the common medication card service. Interviews were the main data source. The main challenges that could be met when implementing the common medication card are dealing with the distributed character of healthcare work and interdependency of medication information, as well as obtaining the sustainable use of this service. Changes in work routines and responsibility are likely to appear but the consequences of these changes are hard to foresee. |
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Formative stages of the common medication card and potential challenges with implementation of this service |
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Formative stages of the common medication card and potential challenges with implementation of this service |
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