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The contents of the latest issue of:

Journal of End User Computing Official publication of the Information Resources Management Association Vol 12, No. 3, July-September 2001 Editor: Mo Adam Mahmood, University of Texas, El Paso

Special Theme Issue:

Medical Informatics: Part I

Guest Editors TOM G. GOUGH, University of Leeds, UK CHRISTOPHER J. HEMINGWAY, Cranfield School of Management, UK

EDITORIAL PREFACE The guest editors introduce this special issue on Medical Informatics that presents papers addressing different stages of systems development and successful adoption of IS/IT in a medical or healthcare context.

RESEARCH PAPERS

ARTICLE ONE

Nursing Staff Requirements for Telemedicine in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

TARA QAVI, User Centred Design Specialist LISA CORLEY, University of Salford, UK STEVE KAY, University of Salford, UK

This research gauged nursing staff acceptance of a videoconferencing system within a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and identified a set of recommendations to be integrated into system design to maximise usability of the system by nursing end users. Both qualitative and quantitative data was collected through interview and questionnaire methods, designed to elicit system requirements from the nursing staff perspective. It is argued that videoconferencing should not substitute the physical tradition in which neonatal infants are monitored, nor be seen as a replacement for face-to-face communication. However, videoconferencing may provide a workable alternative when face-to-face communication is not possible. In particular, clinical and medical staff should maintain control over the operation of video links at all times.

ARTICLE TWO

Scanning and Image Processing System (SIPS) for Medication Ordering STEPHEN L. CHAN, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong

This paper presents a physician order entry system in the ward (for medication prescriptions) by using scanning and image processing. Important design and operational requirements are presented. Then the scanning and imaging processing system (SIPS) is described. SIPS integrates different information technologies including scanning, bar code and other marks recognition, intelligent image capturing, server database access and retrieval, and network communication and printing. SIPS uses specially designed order forms for doctors to write orders that are then scanned into the computer that performs recognition and image processing. The resulting orders, including doctor's handwritten images and other order information, are transmitted to the destinations electronically. SIPS reduces human effort (and errors). We observe that SIPS is an innovative use of information technology to meet the needs of a hospital that requires paper-and-pen operations. SIPS can be extended to meet other operational needs as an alternate input method.

ARTICLE THREE:

Organizational and Implementation Issues of Patient Data Management Systems in an Intensive Care Unit

NATHALIE MITEV, The London School of Economics, UK SHARON KERKHAM, Salford University, UK

Since the National Health Service reforms were introduced, the NHS has moved towards a greater emphasis on accountability and efficiency of healthcare. These changes rely on the swift delivery of IT systems, implemented into the NHS because of the urgency to collect data to support these measures. This case study details the events surrounding the introduction of a patient data management system into an intensive care unit in a UK hospital. It shows that its implementation was complex and involved organisational issues related to the costing of healthcare, legal and purchasing requirements, systems integration, training and staff expertise, and relationships with suppliers. It is suggested that the NHS is providing an R&D environment which others are benefiting from. The NHS is supporting software development activities that are not recognised, and the true costs of this task are difficult to estimate. It is also argued that introducing PDMS crystallises many different expectations making them unmanageably complex. This could also be due to PDMS being a higher order innovation that attempts to integrate information systems products and services with the core business.

ARTICLE FOUR:

Studying the Translations of NHSnet EDGAR A. WHITLEY, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK ATHANASIA POULOUDI, Brunel University, UK

This paper explores the ways in which innovative information systems projects take on a life of their own. The paper begins by reviewing some of the more traditional ways of making sense of this phenomenon: resistance to change, escalation and unintended results, before introducing the sociology of translation. This provides a theoretical framework for viewing the transformations that an information systems project undergoes. The framework is then applied to the case of the NHSnet project in the United Kingdom. Using the language of sociology of translation, we consider the underlying stakeholder relations in the case study and draw more general conclusions for the responsibilities of stakeholders involved in an information systems lifecycle.

BOOK REVIEW:

Strategic Technologies for Healthcare Information Theory into Practice

Marion Ball, Judith V Douglas and David Garets (editors); Health Inforatics Series; New York: Springer-Verlag Inc., 1999; ISBN 9-387-98442-9

Review by Tom Gough, University of Leeds, UK

The book reviewed in this issue is from a series directed to healthcare professionals. The book, edited by Marion Ball, Judith Douglas and David Garet, investigates various aspects of the competitive healthcare marketplace.

EDITORIAL NOTE

If you are presently conducting research or have an interest in the Medical Informatics area and you would like to get a free copy of the present issue of the journal, please let me know. Please remember that I will only have a few sample copies to distribute and, therefore, I may not be able to satisfy everyone's request (I was able to satisfy everyone's request for a copy of the last issue). Of course, you can always buy a copy from Jan Travers (email: jtravers@idea_group.com </ym/Compose?To=jtravers@idea_group.com&YY=3471&order=down&sort=date&pos=0> ) at the Idea Group Publishing office or ask your library to subscribe to JEUC.

If you would like to submit a manuscript to JEUC for publication consideration, please consult the manuscript submission guidelines provided at http://www.idea_group.com/ http://www.idea_group.com/journalo.htm . After reviewing the guidelines, please send us four copies of your manuscript.

Sincerely,

M. Adam Mahmood, Ph.D.

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