Clarke, K., Hartswood, Mark, Procter, Rob, Rouncefield, Mark, Slack, Roger and Williams, Robin (2002) Improving 'knife to skin time' : process modelling and new technology in medical work. Health Informatics Journal, Vol.8 (No.1). pp. 39-42. doi:10.1177/146045820200800107

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Abstract

As healthcare becomes information intensive technology increasingly plays an important role in managing patient care; information gathering and dissemination; and co-ordinating work. One approach to ensuring resources, staff and systems are allocated and used efficiently is process modelling. This paper presents some findings from the Dependability Interdisciplinary Research Collaboration (DIRC) project, on ‘process modelling’ as an aspect of managerial activity and the work involved in both creating and implementing process maps or models. Our ethnographic investigations document some of the problems in developing process maps of medical activity as part of a desire to ‘improve knife to skin time’. We suggest that process maps are not systematic, rational, scientific deductions of the most efficient process. Process maps are locally sensible versions of best practice, and problems may arise where such locally sensible versions are exported throughout an organization to other settings where other relevances may apply.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Divisions:	Faculty of Science > Computer Science
Journal or Publication Title:	Health Informatics Journal
Publisher:	Sage Publications Ltd.
ISSN:	1460-4582
Official Date:	2002
Dates:	Date Event 2002 Published
Volume:	Vol.8
Number:	No.1
Page Range:	pp. 39-42
DOI:	10.1177/146045820200800107
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access

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