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Barriers to scaling up participatory design interventions in health IT: a case study

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Serena S. Small,

Christine Ackerley,

Johanna Trimble,

Corinne M. HohlAuthors Info & Claims

PDC '18: Proceedings of the 15th Participatory Design Conference: Short Papers, Situated Actions, Workshops and Tutorial - Volume 2

Article No.: 11, Pages 1 - 5

https://doi.org/10.1145/3210604.3210612

Published: 20 August 2018 Publication History

Abstract

In this paper, we present an account of the challenges faced while implementing a participatory design intervention in healthcare. We use examples from the development of ActionADE, an electronic application for sharing patient-specific adverse drug event information between hospitals (where adverse drug events are documented) and community pharmacies (where harmful drugs can be unintentionally re- dispensed). While developing ActionADE entailed extensive qualitative work, its implementation is contingent on our research team's action in the health data infrastructure arena, including developing and maintaining stakeholder relationships and addressing policy and governance issues. Competencies and skills in this area are often overlooked, yet are required to achieve successful uptake of participatory design interventions in health information technology.

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Index Terms

Barriers to scaling up participatory design interventions in health IT: a case study
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Collaborative and social computing
    1. Collaborative and social computing theory, concepts and paradigms
      1. Computer supported cooperative work
2. Social and professional topics
  1. Computing / technology policy
    1. Medical information policy
      1. Health information exchanges

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PDC '18: Proceedings of the 15th Participatory Design Conference: Short Papers, Situated Actions, Workshops and Tutorial - Volume 2

August 2018

230 pages

ISBN:9781450355742

DOI:10.1145/3210604

Editors:
Liesbeth Huybrechts
Hasselt University, Belgium
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Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute, Portugal
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Ann Light
University of Sussex, United Kingdom
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Yanki Lee
Enable Foundation, Hong Kong China/Linnaeus University, Sweden
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Carl Di Salvo
Georgia Institute of Technology, United States of America
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Erik Grönvall
IT Univeristy of Copenhagen, Denmark
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Anne Marie Kanstrup
Aalborg University, Denmark
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Keld Bødker
Roskilde Uniuversity, Denmark

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Waddell ASeguin JWu LStragalinos PWherton JWatterson JPrawira COlivier PManning VLubman DGrigg J(2024)Leveraging Implementation Science in Human-Centred Design for Digital HealthProceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3613904.3642161(1-17)Online publication date: 11-May-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3613904.3642161
Iivari NTervo EKäsmä MHeikkinen M(2023)Participatory design meets gender equality at European higher education institutionsCoDesign10.1080/15710882.2023.221574219:4(304-326)Online publication date: 8-Jun-2023
https://doi.org/10.1080/15710882.2023.2215742

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