TY - GEN
T1 - The medication advice-seeking network of staff in an Australian hospital renal ward
AU - Creswick, Nerida
AU - Westbrook, Johanna I.
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - Electronic medication systems may impact communication in hospital wards. To identify the ways in which communication patterns may be altered it is necessary to compare processes both before and after system introduction. This paper reports the use of a social network approach to examine the medication advice-seeking network of an Australian hospital renal ward before the introduction of an electronic medication management system. A social network questionnaire was completed by 96% of staff members (doctors, nurses, allied health professionals and administrative staff) on the ward (n=45). Survey data were analysed to produce a sociogram to display the medication advice-seeking network of the staff in the ward. The results showed that there was a relatively low level of advice-seeking about medication-related decisions and tasks. Most communication occurred within professional groups. Several key individuals were pivotal in providing advice both within and across professional groups.
AB - Electronic medication systems may impact communication in hospital wards. To identify the ways in which communication patterns may be altered it is necessary to compare processes both before and after system introduction. This paper reports the use of a social network approach to examine the medication advice-seeking network of an Australian hospital renal ward before the introduction of an electronic medication management system. A social network questionnaire was completed by 96% of staff members (doctors, nurses, allied health professionals and administrative staff) on the ward (n=45). Survey data were analysed to produce a sociogram to display the medication advice-seeking network of the staff in the ward. The results showed that there was a relatively low level of advice-seeking about medication-related decisions and tasks. Most communication occurred within professional groups. Several key individuals were pivotal in providing advice both within and across professional groups.
KW - advice-seeking
KW - doctors
KW - electronic prescribing
KW - evaluation
KW - information system
KW - nurses
KW - pharmacist
KW - Social network analysis
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M3 - Conference proceeding contribution
C2 - 17917195
AN - SCOPUS:77549083634
SN - 9781586037772
VL - 130
T3 - Studies in health technology and informatics
SP - 217
EP - 231
BT - Information Technology in Health Care 2007 - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Information Technology in Health Care: Socio-Technical Approaches
PB - IOS Press
CY - Amsterdam ; Washington, DC
T2 - 3rd International Conference on Information Technology in Health Care: Socio-Technical Approaches, ITHC 2007
Y2 - 28 August 2007 through 30 August 2007
ER -