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Socio-Technical Structures, 4Ps and Hodges’ Model

Socio-Technical Structures, 4Ps and Hodges’ Model

Peter Jones
Copyright: © 2011 |Pages: 16
ISBN13: 9781609605612|ISBN10: 1609605616|EISBN13: 9781609605629
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-561-2.ch215
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Jones, Peter. "Socio-Technical Structures, 4Ps and Hodges’ Model." Clinical Technologies: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2011, pp. 451-466. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-561-2.ch215

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Jones, P. (2011). Socio-Technical Structures, 4Ps and Hodges’ Model. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Clinical Technologies: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools and Applications (pp. 451-466). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-561-2.ch215

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Jones, Peter. "Socio-Technical Structures, 4Ps and Hodges’ Model." In Clinical Technologies: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 451-466. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2011. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-561-2.ch215

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Abstract

This chapter explores the potential of a conceptual framework – Hodges’ model – both as a socio-technical structure and means to explore such structures of relevance to nursing informatics theory and practice. The model can be applied universally by virtue of its structure and the content which it can encompass. In apprehending this chapter, readers will be able to draw, describe and explain the scope of Hodges’ model within contemporary healthcare contexts and the wider global issues presented by the 21st Century that influence and shape nursing informatics. Critically, the reader will also gain insight into how socio-technical structures can facilitate cross fertilization of clinical and informatics theory and practice; drawing attention to information as a concept that provides a bridge between socio-technical, clinical, and informatics disciplines. This chapter will review the socio-technical literature and venture definitions of socio-technical structures related to Hodges’ model and advocate the need for sociopolitical-technical structures. The chapter also proposes the 4Ps as a tool to facilitate reflection upon and the construction of socio-technical structures. The adoption and significance of the hyphenated form as per “socio-technical” will also be explained.

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