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

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

Imran Muhammad, Say Yen Teoh, Nilmini Wickramasinghe
Copyright: © 2012 |Volume: 4 |Issue: 2 |Pages: 17
ISSN: 1942-535X|EISSN: 1942-5368|EISBN13: 9781466610460|DOI: 10.4018/jantti.2012040105
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Muhammad, Imran, et al. "Why Using Actor Network Theory (ANT) Can Help to Understand the Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record (PCEHR) in Australia." IJANTTI vol.4, no.2 2012: pp.44-60. http://doi.org/10.4018/jantti.2012040105

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Muhammad, I., Teoh, S. Y., & Wickramasinghe, N. (2012). Why Using Actor Network Theory (ANT) Can Help to Understand the Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record (PCEHR) in Australia. International Journal of Actor-Network Theory and Technological Innovation (IJANTTI), 4(2), 44-60. http://doi.org/10.4018/jantti.2012040105

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Muhammad, Imran, Say Yen Teoh, and Nilmini Wickramasinghe. "Why Using Actor Network Theory (ANT) Can Help to Understand the Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record (PCEHR) in Australia," International Journal of Actor-Network Theory and Technological Innovation (IJANTTI) 4, no.2: 44-60. http://doi.org/10.4018/jantti.2012040105

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Abstract

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.

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