Paper Info
Title
Activity analysis: applying activity theory to analyze complex work in hospitals
Abstract
This paper presents "Activity Analysis" as a method for conducting and analyzing field studies based on Activity Theory. Two cases of activity analysis of work in a hospital ward and inside an operating room are presented. Guidelines for moving from Activity Analysis to systems design is presented and illustrated with the design of a context-aware system for hospitals.
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.1145/1958824.1958895
CSCW
Keywords
Field
DocType
systems design,field study,activity theory,activity analysis,hospital ward,complex work,context-aware system,operating room,system design,surgery
Computer science,Systems design,Human–computer interaction
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
12
0.68
13
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Jakob E. Bardram12136174.84
Afsaneh Doryab220114.09