The peace of paper: patient lists as work tools.

Introduction: Paper-based documents are subject to problems related to storage, loss, distribution and editing. Many organizations have introduced ICT-based processes to reduce the use of paper as primary documentation. Nevertheless, paper documents are still being used in healthcare.

Managing variations from surgical care plans: challenges for coordination.

Introduction: In surgical work there is a need for 'continuous planning' among staff to handle the frequently occurring variations from the planned patient treatment. In this paper, we present how three hospital information systems have support for three common patient trajectory variations.

Purpose: Highlight how deviations from a plan cause different information needs and implications for design of awareness supporting computer systems.