In your role as chief information technician at Carrion Care Medical Center. You are asked to discuss socio-technical theory and social technical systems. You are to create a fact sheet that explains how socio-technical theory and socio-technical systems are used in health informatics.Instructions: Your fact sheet should include the following:
- Brief description of socio-technical theory and socio-technical systems.
- Describe how socio-technical theory and socio-technical systems are used in health informatics.
- Select two topics from each category below and discuss how each are related to HI, socio-technical systems, and theory.
- Discuss how each of your selected topics can contribute to or hinder the functionality and usage within socio-technical systems and health computing.
Social |
Technical |
Health and clinical care |
Medicine and bio sciences |
Management |
Computer sciences |
Organizational theory, change and transformation |
Communications and Information technology |
Citizen driven informatics |
Database design |
Politics & economics |
Ergonomics |
Socio-tech benefits analysis |
Cloud computing |
Psychology, sociology |
Personal Health Records (PHR) |
- Your fact sheet should be at least one full page or a maximum of two pages.
- Include appropriate visual elements, such as pictures, symbols, graphs, etc. that support the text.
- Provide citations for supportive resources throughout, if needed.
- References in APA format should be included on a separate page.