Location via proxy:   [ UP ]  
[Report a bug]   [Manage cookies]                
skip to main content
10.1145/1463160.1463223acmotherconferencesArticle/Chapter ViewAbstractPublication PagesnordichiConference Proceedingsconference-collections
research-article

Cross-workplace perspectives: relating studies from hospitals to an oil and gas workplace

Published: 20 October 2008 Publication History

Abstract

This discussion paper highlights how two apparently contrasting professions - an oil and gas refinery operator and a hospital nurse - share similar properties in how they collaborate, communicate and use artifacts. We relate literature on the nursing and hospital contexts with observations and data from our own workplace study at a refinery in Norway. In doing so, we seek to provide an introduction to a context that is not often encountered in CSCW or CHI literature, through the lens of the more familiar hospital setting.

References

[1]
Bardram, J. E. and Bossen, C. 2005. A web of coordinative artifacts: collaborative work at a hospital ward. In Proc. of GROUP'05. ACM, New York, 168--176.
[2]
Cabitza, F., Sarini, M., Simone, C., and Telaro, M. 2005. When once is not enough: the role of redundancy in a hospital ward setting. In Proc. GROUP'05. ACM, New York, 158--167.
[3]
Coiera, E. 2003. Guide to health informatics. Arnold, London.
[4]
Engelstad, F. 2005. Hva er makt. Universitetsforlaget, Oslo.
[5]
Engesmo, J. and Tjora, A. 2006. Documenting for whom? Journal of New Technology, Work and Employment. 21:2, 176--189. Blackwell Publishing.
[6]
Hughes, J., King, V., Rodden, T., and Andersen, H. 1994. Moving out from the control room: ethnography in system design. In Proc. CSCW'94. ACM, New York, 429--439.
[7]
Makris L., Kamilatos I., Kopsacheilis E. V., Strintzis M. G. Teleworks: A CSCW application for remote medical diagnosis support and teleconsultation. IEEE Trans. on Information Technology in Biomedicine 2:2, 62--73.
[8]
Melby, L. 2007. Prat, penn og papir. En sosiologisk analyse av medisinsk informasjonsbruk i en mobil praksis. PhD thesis, SVT Faculty, NTNU, Trondheim.
[9]
Munkvold, G., Ellingsen, G., and Koksvik, H. 2006. Formalizing work: reallocating redundancy. In Proc. CSCW'06. ACM, New York, 59--68.
[10]
Munkvold, G., Ellingsen, G., and Monteiro, E. 2007. From plans to planning: the case of nursing plans. In Proc. GROUP'07. ACM, New York, 21--30.
[11]
Porter, S. 1999. "Working with doctors". In Wilkinson, G. and Miers, M. (eds). Power and Nursing Practice. Macmillan, London.
[12]
Randall, D., Harper, R., and Rouncefield, M. 2007. Fieldwork for Design: Theory and Practice. Springer-Verlag, New York.
[13]
Strauss, A., S. Fagerhaugh, B. Suczek, and Wiener, C. 1982. Sentimental work in the technologized hospital. Journal of Sociology of Health and Illness, 4:3, 254--278.
[14]
Tang, C. and Carpendale, S. 2007. An observational study on information flow during nurses' shift change. In Proc. CHI'07. ACM, New York, 219--228.
[15]
Weber, M. 1948. From Max Weber: Essays in Sociology (eds and trans Gerth, H., H. and Wright Mills, C.). Routledge & Kegan Paul, London.
[16]
Wicks, D. 1998. Nurses and doctors at work. Rethinking professional boundaries. Open University Press, Buckingham.
[17]
Wilkinson, G. and Miers, M. 1999. "Power and professions". In Wilkinson, G. and Miers, M (eds). Power and Nursing Practice. Macmillan, London.

Cited By

View all
  • (2010)Blue-sky and down-to-earthProceedings of the 6th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Extending Boundaries10.1145/1868914.1869014(723-726)Online publication date: 16-Oct-2010
  • (2009)High-Octane Work: The oil and gas workplaceECSCW 200910.1007/978-1-84882-854-4_21(363-382)Online publication date: 2009

Recommendations

Comments

Information & Contributors

Information

Published In

cover image ACM Other conferences
NordiCHI '08: Proceedings of the 5th Nordic conference on Human-computer interaction: building bridges
October 2008
621 pages
ISBN:9781595937049
DOI:10.1145/1463160
Permission to make digital or hard copies of all or part of this work for personal or classroom use is granted without fee provided that copies are not made or distributed for profit or commercial advantage and that copies bear this notice and the full citation on the first page. Copyrights for components of this work owned by others than ACM must be honored. Abstracting with credit is permitted. To copy otherwise, or republish, to post on servers or to redistribute to lists, requires prior specific permission and/or a fee. Request permissions from [email protected]

Sponsors

  • Mangold International
  • Microsoft Dynamics

In-Cooperation

Publisher

Association for Computing Machinery

New York, NY, United States

Publication History

Published: 20 October 2008

Permissions

Request permissions for this article.

Check for updates

Author Tags

  1. collaboration
  2. cooperative work
  3. oil and gas
  4. pervasive computing
  5. workplace study

Qualifiers

  • Research-article

Conference

NordiCHI08
Sponsor:

Acceptance Rates

Overall Acceptance Rate 379 of 1,572 submissions, 24%

Contributors

Other Metrics

Bibliometrics & Citations

Bibliometrics

Article Metrics

  • Downloads (Last 12 months)5
  • Downloads (Last 6 weeks)0
Reflects downloads up to 21 Sep 2024

Other Metrics

Citations

Cited By

View all
  • (2010)Blue-sky and down-to-earthProceedings of the 6th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Extending Boundaries10.1145/1868914.1869014(723-726)Online publication date: 16-Oct-2010
  • (2009)High-Octane Work: The oil and gas workplaceECSCW 200910.1007/978-1-84882-854-4_21(363-382)Online publication date: 2009

View Options

Get Access

Login options

View options

PDF

View or Download as a PDF file.

PDF

eReader

View online with eReader.

eReader

Media

Figures

Other

Tables

Share

Share

Share this Publication link

Share on social media