A Web of Coordinative Artifacts: Collaborative Work at a Hospital Ward

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dc.contributor.authorBardram, Jakob E.
dc.contributor.authorBossen, Claus
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-08T11:43:55Z
dc.date.available2023-06-08T11:43:55Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.description.abstractThis paper reports from a field study of a hospital ward and discusses how people achieve coordination through the use of a wide range of interrelated non-digital artifacts, like whiteboards, work schedules, examination sheets, care records, post-it notes etc. These artifacts have multiple roles and functions which in combination facilitate location awareness, continuous coordination, cooperative planning and status overview. We described how actors achieve coordination by using different aspects of these artifacts: their material qualities, the structure they provide as templates and the signs inscribed upon them that are only meaningful to knowledgeable actors. We finally discuss the implication for the design of CSCW tools from the study.en
dc.identifier.doi10.1145/1099203.1099235
dc.identifier.urihttps://dl.eusset.eu/handle/20.500.12015/4818
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
dc.relation.ispartofProceedings of the 2005 ACM International Conference on Supporting Group Work
dc.subjectpervasive computing
dc.subjectcollaboration
dc.subjectartifacts
dc.subjecthealthcare
dc.subjectcooperative work
dc.titleA Web of Coordinative Artifacts: Collaborative Work at a Hospital Warden
gi.citation.publisherPlaceNew York, NY, USA
gi.citation.startPage168–176
gi.conference.locationSanibel Island, Florida, USA

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