Sammendrag
A patchwork of different information and communication systems exist in Norwegian hospitals today. Computerized information systems, like the electronic patient record (EPR), diverse local paper systems and face-to-face communication coexist and are used in a mix by the health personnel. These different systems, or mediums for information retrieval, have their respective advantages and disadvantages, tied to intrinsic qualities in the mediums themselves and to infrastructures and social norms for their usage. Furthermore, there exist different types of information and the different mediums are in varying degree suited for transferring the various information types. For instance the EPR is not very well suited for providing patient information during doctors’ morning conference, if there are no computers in the conference room. Drawing upon experiences from participant observation in a Neurological dept. in a University Hospital I want to elaborate on one overarching quality in information systems, the concept of mobility. Mobile information systems in hospitals are getting more widespread, and may be seen as the remedy for problems like poor availability of information. This paper consequently addresses questions such as how might mobile information systems affect patient care? And how might doctor-doctor or doctor-nurse communications be affected?
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