This article considers changes in healthcare professional work afforded by technology. It uses the sociology of professionals’ literature together with a theory of affordances to examine how and when technology allows change in healthcare professional work. The study draws from research into...

This report provides and interim account of some aspects of research undertaken in to the adoptions and use of the electronic prescription service (EPS) in England. The role of EPS is a fundamentally simple one. It allows the transmission of prescription messages and digitally-signed...

This article draws on data from two ethnographic case studies in operating theatres to examine difficulties encountered in teamworking. The authors show that architectural knowledge among team members is fundamental to effective team practice and the delivery of safe, efficient patient care....