Silver Saddles: An Equestrian Intervention for Older Adults with Dementia

Educational Objectives 1. Demonstrate the encouraging outcomes therapeutic horseback riding programs can have for older adults with memory loss. 2. Describe the importance of trained volunteers and staff at both the riding center and the long-term care community for aiding older adults with memory loss during the therapeutic riding program. 3. Showcase the research process and pilot results. 4. Highlight lessons learned and future directions for Silver Saddles

Can We Rely on Electronic Medical Record Systems to Reduce Medication Errors?

Expectations to Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems in healthcare are high when it comes to reducing medication errors and increasing security in the medication process. Studies show that certain types of medication errors are eliminated when introducing EMRs; however, such systems also entail new types of errors. Based on a study in an orthopedic surgical ward in a medium-sized Danish hospital, we investigate what previous types of errors can be reduced by using the EMRs but also what new types of errors may appear. We zoom in on the process of medicine prescription and focus on what new types of errors appear in the interaction between the doctors and the technology. Identifying and understanding the nature of errors that emerge when doctors use EMRs may enable system developers and implementers to better manage implementation and maintenance of future EMR projects and accordingly set up appropriate strategies to prevent medication errors

Organisational Identity and the Appropriation of Information Systems

In this paper we explore the interplay between organisational identity and information systems (IS). More specifically, we examine how the appropriation of new IS may influence established patterns of identity enactment and inter-organisational practices. We report on findings from three in-depth case studies that depict the adoption and use of a new collaborative 3D modelling technology by a metal fabrication firm in the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry. We investigate the manner in which the new technology was associated with changes in the company’s practices, interactions, and organisational identity. Our study contributes to the scarce research on IS and organisational identity by emphasising the relational, practical, and dynamic nature of organisational identity

Nurses' Perception of an ERP Implementation Process - Based on a Means-End Chain Approach

No abstractElectronic Patient Record; Implementation Process; Means End Chain Approach; Danish Hospitals

Enterprise System Adaptation: a Combination of Institutional Structures and Sensemaking Processes

In this paper we set out to investigate how an Enterprise System (ES) adaptation in a Scandinavian high-tech organization, SCANDI, can be understood using a combination of institutional and sensemaking theory. Institutional theory is useful in providing an account for the role that the social and historical structures play in ES adaptations, and sensemaking can help us investigate how organizational members make sense of and enact ES in their local context. Based on an analytical framework, where we combine institutional theory and sensemaking theory to provide rich insights into ES adaptation, we show: 1) how changing institutional structures provide a shifting context for the way users make sense of and enact ES, 2) how users’ sensemaking processes of the ES are played out in practice, and 3) how sensemaking reinforces institutional structures