How Using ANT Can Assist to Understand Key Issues for Successful e-Health Solutions

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 47-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Imran Muhammad ◽  
Manuel Zwicker ◽  
Nilmini Wickramasinghe
Keyword(s):  
Network Theory ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Healthcare Delivery ◽  
Actor Network Theory ◽  
Actor Network ◽  
Health Initiatives ◽  
Key Issues

Globally in healthcare, the focus is on designing and implementing national e-health solutions in an attempt to address key challenges that are plaguing healthcare delivery. However, despite the initial euphoria and notwithstanding the significant investments made, to date, many of these e-health solutions have yet to prove their success or have been complete failures. This paper presents the findings from an exploratory study that examined e-health initiatives in five countries Australia, China, Germany, UK and US to understand why these e-health solutions have not as yet delivered the promised results. The paper proffers Actor-Network Theory (ANT) as an appropriately rich theoretical lens that can be used to assist in the understanding of key issues for successful e-health solutions.

Achieving E-Health Success

2017 ◽  
pp. 541-552
Author(s):  
Nilmini Wickramasinghe ◽  
Arthur Tatnall
Keyword(s):  
Network Theory ◽  
Healthcare Delivery ◽  
Actor Network Theory ◽  
Oecd Countries ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Actor Network ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Stark Contrast

Healthcare delivery continues to be challenged in all OECD countries. To address these challenges, most are turning their attention to e-health as the panacea. Indeed, it is true that in today's global and networked world, e-health should be the answer for ensuring pertinent information, relevant data, and germane knowledge anywhere anytime so that clinicians can deliver superior healthcare. Sadly, healthcare has yet to realize the full potential of e-health, which is in stark contrast to other e-business initiatives such as e-government and e-education, e-finance, or e-commerce. This chapter asserts that it is only by embracing a rich theoretical lens of analysis that the full potential of e-health can be harnessed, and thus, it proffers Actor-Network Theory (ANT) as such a lens.

Why Using Actor Network Theory (ANT) Can Help to Understand the Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record (PCEHR) in Australia

2012 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 44-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Imran Muhammad ◽  
Say Yen Teoh ◽  
Nilmini Wickramasinghe
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Electronic Health Record ◽  
Network Theory ◽  
Healthcare Delivery ◽  
Actor Network Theory ◽  
Healthcare Systems ◽  
Health Record ◽  
Actor Network ◽  
Healthcare Reforms ◽  
Electronic Health

Globally, healthcare reforms are being initiated to address the tremendous challenges facing healthcare systems. Without exception these reforms include the implementation of a variety of e-health solutions. Such e-health solutions are complex and have far reaching implications. In this paper, the authors argue that while these implementations and adoptions of e-health solutions are necessary, it is essential that an appropriate lens of analysis should be used to maximise and sustain the benefits of IS/IT (information systems/information technology) in healthcare delivery. Hence, in this paper, the authors proffer Actor-Network Theory (ANT) as an appropriate lens to evaluate these various e-health solutions and illustrate, in the context of the Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record (PCEHR), the chosen e-health solution for Australia.

How an Actor Network Theory (ANT) Analysis Can Help Us to Understand the Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record (PCEHR) in Australia

2016 ◽  
pp. 1320-1337
Author(s):  
Imran Muhammad ◽  
Nilmini Wickramasinghe
Keyword(s):  
Electronic Health Record ◽  
Network Theory ◽  
Healthcare Delivery ◽  
Actor Network Theory ◽  
Health Record ◽  
Actor Network ◽  
Governance Model ◽  
Electronic Healthcare Record ◽  
Unique System ◽  
Electronic Health

Australia has designed, developed, and now implemented its national e-health solution known as the Personally Controlled Electronic Healthcare Record (PCEHR). This is a unique system as it subscribes to a shared governance model between patients and providers. To date, though, as with other national e-health solutions, there is poor uptake and much concern regarding the success of this multi-million dollar project. The authors contend that while these implementations and adoptions of e-health solutions are necessary, it is essential that an appropriate lens of analysis should be used in order to maximise and sustain the benefits of Information Systems/Information Technology (IS/IT) in healthcare delivery. Hence, in this chapter, the authors proffer Actor-Network Theory (ANT) as an appropriate lens to evaluate these various e-health solutions and illustrate in the context of the Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record (PCEHR), the chosen e-health solution for Australia.

‘I Don’t Like Maths, That’s Why I am in Journalism’: Journalism Student Perceptions and Myths about Data Journalism

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy Schmitz Weiss ◽  
Jéssica Retis
Keyword(s):  
Student Perceptions ◽  
Network Theory ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Actor Network Theory ◽  
Subject Area ◽  
Barriers To Entry ◽  
Actor Network ◽  
Potential Barriers ◽  
Data Journalism ◽  
Journalism Students

Journalism programs today face the need to train their students in the latest applications and tools - including data journalism techniques. Despite several classes and programs available in this subject area (Berret & Phillips, 2016), students are not actively enrolling in such classes. Using an epistemological approach and Actor-Network Theory (Latour, 2005), this exploratory study of US journalism students identifies some key perceptions that highlight potential barriers to entry for enrollment in such courses.

Achieving E-Health Success

2014 ◽  
pp. 209-221
Author(s):  
Nilmini Wickramasinghe ◽  
Arthur Tatnall
Keyword(s):  
Network Theory ◽  
Healthcare Delivery ◽  
Actor Network Theory ◽  
Oecd Countries ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Actor Network ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Stark Contrast

Healthcare delivery continues to be challenged in all OECD countries. To address these challenges, most are turning their attention to e-health as the panacea. Indeed, it is true that in today's global and networked world, e-health should be the answer for ensuring pertinent information, relevant data, and germane knowledge anywhere anytime so that clinicians can deliver superior healthcare. Sadly, healthcare has yet to realize the full potential of e-health, which is in stark contrast to other e-business initiatives such as e-government and e-education, e-finance, or e-commerce. This chapter asserts that it is only by embracing a rich theoretical lens of analysis that the full potential of e-health can be harnessed, and thus, it proffers Actor-Network Theory (ANT) as such a lens.

How an Actor Network Theory (ANT) Analysis Can Help Us to Understand the Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record (PCEHR) in Australia

2014 ◽  
pp. 15-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Imran Muhammad ◽  
Nilmini Wickramasinghe
Keyword(s):  
Electronic Health Record ◽  
Network Theory ◽  
Healthcare Delivery ◽  
Actor Network Theory ◽  
Health Record ◽  
Actor Network ◽  
Governance Model ◽  
Electronic Healthcare Record ◽  
Unique System ◽  
Electronic Health

Australia has designed, developed, and now implemented its national e-health solution known as the Personally Controlled Electronic Healthcare Record (PCEHR). This is a unique system as it subscribes to a shared governance model between patients and providers. To date, though, as with other national e-health solutions, there is poor uptake and much concern regarding the success of this multi-million dollar project. The authors contend that while these implementations and adoptions of e-health solutions are necessary, it is essential that an appropriate lens of analysis should be used in order to maximise and sustain the benefits of Information Systems/Information Technology (IS/IT) in healthcare delivery. Hence, in this chapter, the authors proffer Actor-Network Theory (ANT) as an appropriate lens to evaluate these various e-health solutions and illustrate in the context of the Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record (PCEHR), the chosen e-health solution for Australia.

Theatre translation as performance

Target ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 385-406 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sirkku Aaltonen
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Analytical Model ◽  
Performance Studies ◽  
Network Theory ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Actor Network Theory ◽  
Specific Context ◽  
Translation Process ◽  
Actor Network ◽  
National Theatre

In 2008, the Finnish National Theatre produced the Lebanese/Canadian playwright Wajdi Mouawad’s tragic play Incendies in Finnish. The advertisements, newspaper pre-reviews and reviews named Reita Lounatvuori, a well-known Finnish theatre translator, as the author of the translation. However, several other people were also involved in the translation process before Mouawad’s text reached the stage. In my article, I offer an empirical study of the process of translation of Incendies into Finnish to argue that translations in the theatre are not objects of art but products of art worlds, bearing the fingerprints of many subjectivities. To support my argument, I draw on Actor-Network Theory, as recently developed in the context of translation sociology (Buzelin 2007, 2005; Bogic 2010), and on Performance Studies, following Richard Schechner’s articulation of the concept of performance (Schechner 2013). I apply these models to the specific context of the theatre, the specific genre of drama, and the process of translating one play. This interdisciplinary exploratory study argues for the relevance of Schechner’s analytical model, and more broadly of Performance Studies, to the analysis of interlingual translation processes.

STRUCTURING A SUCCESSFUL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PROCESS: A CASE STUDY FROM THE PERSPECTIVES OF ACTOR NETWORK THEORY

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huda Ibrahim ◽  
Hasmiah Kasimin
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Technology Transfer ◽  
Transfer Process ◽  
Network Theory ◽  
Actor Network Theory ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Local Market ◽  
Private Company ◽  
Actor Network ◽  
Technology Transfer Process

An effi cient and effective information technology transfer from developed countries to Malaysia is an important issue as a prerequisite to support the ICT needs of the country to become not only a ICT user but also a ICT producer. One of the factors that infl uences successful information technology transfer is managing the process of how technology transfer occurs in one environment. It involves managing interaction between all parties concerned which requires an organized strategy and action toward accomplishing technology transfer objective in an integrated and effective mode. Using a conceptual framework based on the Actor Network Theory (ANT), this paper will analyse a successful information technology transfer process at a private company which is also a supplier of information technology (IT) products to the local market. This framework will explain how the company has come up with a successful technology transfer in a local environment. Our study shows that the company had given interest to its relationships with all the parties involved in the transfer process. The technology transfer programme and the strategy formulated take into account the characteristics of technology and all those involved.  

The Action of Christian Buildings on their Chinese Environment

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 100-121
Author(s):  
Michel Chambon
Keyword(s):  
Network Theory ◽  
Actor Network Theory ◽  
Active Part ◽  
Architectural Style ◽  
Actor Network

This article explores the ways in which Christians are building churches in contemporary Nanping, China. At first glance, their architectural style appears simply neo-Gothic, but these buildings indeed enact a rich web of significances that acts upon local Christians and beyond. Building on Actor-Network Theory and exploring the multiple ties in which they are embedded, I argue that these buildings are agents acting in their own right, which take an active part in the process of making the presence of the Christian God tangible.

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