Digitalisering av arbeidsflyt på sykehus - konsekvenser for legers arbeidshverdag
Sammanfattning
The article analyses digitization of hospital work with Electronic Patient Record (EPR) as
example. The analytical perspective is Science and Technology Studies (STS), and scientific
methods are survey and in-depth interviews. Survey data indicate that physicians consider
themselves as competent users of EPR. Yet they experience stress by digitization. Interview data
show that physicians use the EPR both for administrative and clinical purposes, that standards and
procedures for use of EPR are becoming increasingly important for everyday practice, and that actors
other than physicians determine how the system can be adapted and changed. The consequences
are that physicians’ autonomy is reduced and that they loose control over own work situation. These
changes are results of complex interaction at the hospital. If physicians want to regain influence, they
must engage in the interaction but also accept that the final result might go beyond their own
imagination and control.