The politics of information and communication technology diffusion: A case study in a UK primary health care trust

David Wainwright; Teresa Waring

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The politics of information and communication technology diffusion: A case study in a UK primary health care trust

David Wainwright, Teresa Waring

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This paper investigates the politics of ICT diffusion and presents the findings from a pilot study conducted across general medical practices based within a Primary Care Trust in the North East of England. An overview is provided of the macro level politics of ICT adoption in a UK primary health care and the applicability of diffusion of innovation research within the healthcare context. A research approach, based on phenomenology, semi-structured interviews, and template analysis is adopted in the study in order to conduct and provide a rich analysis of the data. The findings are discussed using a modified diffusuion of innovation framework. Conclusions highlight how ICT innovation is politically constrained, perceived, and motivated within primary healthcare environments and how in this case it might influence organizational resilience.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Transfer and Diffusion of Information Technology for Organizational Resilience
Editors	Brian Donnellan, Tor J. Larsen, Linda Levine, Janice I. DeGross
Place of Publication	London
Publisher	Springer
Pages	71-90
Number of pages	363
Volume	206
ISBN (Print)	978-0-387-34409-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-34410-1_5
Publication status	Published - 2006

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Wainwright, D., & Waring, T. (2006). The politics of information and communication technology diffusion: A case study in a UK primary health care trust. In B. Donnellan, T. J. Larsen, L. Levine, & J. I. DeGross (Eds.), The Transfer and Diffusion of Information Technology for Organizational Resilience (Vol. 206, pp. 71-90). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-34410-1_5

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The Transfer and Diffusion of Information Technology for Organizational Resilience. ed. / Brian Donnellan; Tor J. Larsen; Linda Levine; Janice I. DeGross. Vol. 206 London : Springer, 2006. p. 71-90.

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