Open AccessThe Impact of Information and Communication Technology on Doctors’ and Registered Nurses’ Working Conditions and Clinical Work – A Cross-Sectional Study in a Norwegian Hospital
Author(s) -
Jörg W. Kirchhoff,
Abigail Marks,
Ann Karin Helgesen,
Kirsti Lauvli Andersen,
Hilde Marie Andreassen,
Vigdis Abrahamsen Grøndahl
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of multidisciplinary healthcare
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.65
H-Index - 30
ISSN - 1178-2390
DOI - 10.2147/jmdh.s327669
Subject(s) - norwegian , workload , information and communications technology , nursing , cross sectional study , medicine , seniority , health care , discretion , family medicine , descriptive statistics , work (physics) , philosophy , linguistics , statistics , mathematics , pathology , computer science , political science , law , economics , economic growth , operating system , mechanical engineering , engineering
Previous studies indicate that the introduction of information and communication technology (ICT) in health care organizations impairs health care professional's working conditions and diminishes job discretion. Most of these studies, however, were designed to explore the influence of ICT exclusively on a single group of health care professionals and thereby did not consider the influence of the same technology on other groups of health care professionals. The aim of this article is to explore the influence of a fully integrated ICT system on both doctors and registered nurses within the same working environment: a high-tech hospital.