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223
contingent and emergent character of
51–2;
formalization of 111;
logistics of 88;
as managing patient trajectories 48–52;
modelling of 112;
as a social, collective process 50–1;
standardization of 132, 182;
health information management, field of 2
HISCOM 26–7
hospital architecture 19, 20–1
Hospital Information System (HIS) 25–7,
185, 194, 214;
definition 8;
see also legacy systems
Hospital Standardization Movement 12,
15, 17
human—computer interface 180
ICD 77
implementation of PCIS 102, 209;
budget 196;
complexity of 177;
deliverables 196–7;
implementation failure 135, 166–7, 174,
177–8, 194, 207;
as iterative and incremental process
187, 196;
as management of uncertainty 185–6;
milestones 196–7, 203;
as organizational development 178–9;
phasing of implementation 195–6;
role of consultancy 203;
role of management in 180–2;
role of vendor 203;
scope 196;
success of 174, 175–6, 177–8, 184;
as technology development 178–9;
timetable 196–7;
unpredictability of 177, 183, 193;
user involvement 180–1
information:
assessed by its source 70–1;
‘commodity’ view on 66–7;
disentangling from context see
information:
making mobile of;
entangled with the context of its
production 68–71;
information infrastructure 130, 139,
140;
information manager 146, 162;
information space 118;
making mobile of 71–9;
management information 150, 159;
mutual elaboration of 69–70;
nature of 104;
‘processing’ information see patient
record;
purpose of 68–9;
secondary use of 66, 75–6, 138, 159,
183;
strategy see strategy;
temporal dimension of 70;
types of 2;
see also information management
information management:
ambition 148, 151–5, 157–8;
financial preconditions 169–71;
guidelines for responsibilities in 160;
Information Management department
160–2, 164, 165;
priorities 169–71;
responsibilities and organization of
160–4;
strategic/tactical 161–162;
tactical/ operational 163–4
infrastructure:
maintenance and development 168;
out-sourcing of 168;
projects 170;
standard 167;
technical 167;
version and release policy 168;
see also information infrastructure
installed base 139
integral care delivery systems 182
integrated care 46–7
intensive care list 67
Intensive Care Unit (ICU) PCIS see Patient
Data Management System
interaction:
design 103;
mediated 118;
space 118–20