Summary

In this talk, I'll speak about socio-technical issues that have arisen in the design, implementation and use of health information technology. Drawing on projects my research group (the Assessment of Technology in Context Design Lab) has undertaken in recent years, I'll outline a range of socio-technical issues, and discuss what various topics addressed in SIAT's curriculum can contribute to design solutions. Of particular interest are issues related to the integration of data from multiple sources, which has long been a health system goal because of the promise it holds in terms of improving continuity of care and patient safety, and creating a corpus of data which (in theory) can be used to answer varied questions of interest to health researchers, administrators and policy makers.

Personal Background

Ellen Balka's CV