Theorising big IT programmes in healthcare: Strong structuration theory meets actor-network theory

The UK National Health Service is grappling with various large and controversial IT programmes. We sought to develop a sharper theoretical perspective on the question “What happens – at macro-, meso- and micro-level – when government tries to modernise a health service with the help of big IT?” Usin...

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Published in:	Social science & medicine (1982) Vol. 70; no. 9; pp. 1285 - 1294
Main Authors:	Greenhalgh, Trisha, Stones, Rob
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.05.2010 Elsevier Pergamon Press Inc
Series:	Social Science & Medicine
Subjects:	Actor-network theory Agency and Structure Biological and medical sciences Complex change Computer programming Decision analysis Decision making Discourses Fragments Government Agencies Health care Health Care Services Health services Healthcare Human agency Humans Information Technology Information Theory Interactionism IT programmes Medical Informatics Medical Records Systems, Computerized Medical sciences Miscellaneous Models, Theoretical Modernization Networks NHS Property Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine Research methodology Social networks Social structure Socialized Medicine Sociocultural Factors Sociology State Medicine - organization & administration Structuration Structuration theory Technology Theory UK Structuration theory Actor-network theory Information technology Complex change IT programmes Healthcare NHS United Kingdom United Kingdom Europe United Kingdom > UK Structuration theory IT programmes Complex change UK NHS Healthcare Information technology Actor-network theory Human Health system Health Theory Change Care Complexity Actor Welfare aids Network Social medicine
ISSN:	0277-9536, 1873-5347, 1873-5347
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