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This paper reports from an interpretive case study in a hospital of the replacement of paper based order forms for radiology examinations with web based order forms. The aim is to contribute with a better understanding about the implementation of networked technologies in healthcare. The case shows how the implementation of network technology imposes a configuration in the actor-network and illustrates the importance of small steps and translations involving many different actors in the process leading to a new stabilized configuration.
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Nilsson, A., Grisot, M., Mathiassen, L. (2004). Translations in Network Configurations. In: Damsgaard, J., Henriksen, H.Z. (eds) Networked Information Technologies. TDIT 2003. IFIP International Federation for Information Processing, vol 138. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-7862-5_5
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