Health networks: Actors, professional relationships, and controversies


Autoria(s): Artoisenet, Caroline; Roland, Michel; Closon, Marie Christine
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2008

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In recent years international policies have aimed to stimulate the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in the field of health care. Belgium has also been affected by these developments and, for example, health electronic regional networks ("HNs") are established. Thanks to a qualitative case study we have explored the implementation of such innovations (HN) to better understand how health professionals collaborate through the HN and how the HN affect their relationships. Within the HNs studied a common good unites the actors: the continuity of care for a better quality of care. However behind this objective of continuity of care other individual motivations emerge. Some controversies need also to be resolved in order to achieve cooperative relationships. HNs have notably to take national developments into account. These developments raise the question of the control of medical knowledge and medical practice. Professional issues, and not only practical changes, are involved in these innovations. © 2008 The authors and IOS Press. All rights reserved.

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uri/info:doi/10.3233/978-1-58603-922-6-23

uri/info:pmid/18953121

http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/165598

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en

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Studies in health technology and informatics, 141

Palavras-Chave #Santé publique #Ingénierie biomédicale #Informatique médicale #Cooperation #Electronic health records #Health network #Innovation #Professional relationships
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