Abstract:Communication during patient transitions is difficult in a fragmented health care system. eHealth technologies are often seen as a panacea, but a large proportion of eHealth projects fail, primarily because of human, not technological, elements. To combat this tendency, concepts derived from institutional ethnography were applied to create an electronic communications solution, which enabled careful mapping of communications gaps; their consequences; and the diverse needs of multiple health care providers. Ins… Show more
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