Comments on: Clinicians Vs Information Technologists

By: Community Management Related Research

Community Management Related Research — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 17:54:16 +0000

[...] Organizational Cultures- I.T. Vs Clinical. By looking at the differences between Information Technology and Clinical culture, and how they collide, one can better understand how to have them work toward a common goal. [...]

By: What is a Medical Informaticist?

What is a Medical Informaticist? — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 03:06:26 +0000

[...] Organizational Behavior- Dr. Ash has an overview of OB analysis, as well as addressing healthcare biz topics. My focus was looking at Information Technology and Clinical cultures and how they can conflict. [...]

By: John

John — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:13:18 +0000

Your caution is well advised. It is too easy to over generalize about the two cultures and take the analysis too far.

I think you are right in that the time taken up to learn new tech can be (and be seen as) an interference. If the goal is correct and well understood, people may feel the time is well spent. However, there is not a lot of extra time during one’s job, so training time needs to be properly scheduled.

Thanks for stopping by.

By: Phil Baumann

Phil Baumann — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:28:21 +0000

Interesting perspective to focus on cultural differences that keep adoption and implementation of sensible technology for healthcare.

The paper makes a lot of intuitive sense. Not to over-generalize, but Clinicians do tend to value their time and often see the learning curves of new technologies as interfering with safe and effective medicine.

This is an important perspective, one I hope others view the problem of healthcare through. Thanks!