Diagnosing rare diseases: A sociotechnical approach to the design of complex work systems

© 2020 Elsevier Ltd How do complex healthcare systems that are organised into distinct speciality areas achieve effective patient care transitions when patients present with a rare constellation of symptoms that affect multiple body systems? How do these patients challenge existing ways of organ...

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Main Authors: Hay, Georgia, Klonek, Florian, Parker, Sharon
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: ELSEVIER SCI LTD 2020
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Online Access:http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FL160100033
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/79822
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Klonek, Florian
Parker, Sharon
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description © 2020 Elsevier Ltd How do complex healthcare systems that are organised into distinct speciality areas achieve effective patient care transitions when patients present with a rare constellation of symptoms that affect multiple body systems? How do these patients challenge existing ways of organising tasks, clinical activities, and interdependent responsibilities? The current study applies a sociotechnical systems perspective to understand how these complex work design and care-related challenges were resolved by the Western Australian Undiagnosed Diseases Program. We conducted a two-year longitudinal, qualitative study of this program, conceived to improve the diagnosis and management of patients with rare, multi-system disorders by piloting a re-design of the local system of diagnostic work. Specifically, we (1) compared the configuration and effectiveness of the old system and the re-designed system; and (2) analysed the process of system re-design (i.e., the design, implementation, and operation of the program) in order to understand the factors that contributed to – or inhibited – its success. We discuss the theoretical and practical implications of our findings for effectively re-designing complex, trans-organisational work systems.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-798222023-07-27T06:27:38Z Diagnosing rare diseases: A sociotechnical approach to the design of complex work systems Hay, Georgia Klonek, Florian Parker, Sharon Science & Technology Social Sciences Technology Engineering, Industrial Ergonomics Psychology, Applied Engineering Psychology Sociotechnical systems Work design Work re-design Healthcare JOB CHARACTERISTICS HEALTH MOTIVATION CARE TECHNOLOGY EXTENSION © 2020 Elsevier Ltd How do complex healthcare systems that are organised into distinct speciality areas achieve effective patient care transitions when patients present with a rare constellation of symptoms that affect multiple body systems? How do these patients challenge existing ways of organising tasks, clinical activities, and interdependent responsibilities? The current study applies a sociotechnical systems perspective to understand how these complex work design and care-related challenges were resolved by the Western Australian Undiagnosed Diseases Program. We conducted a two-year longitudinal, qualitative study of this program, conceived to improve the diagnosis and management of patients with rare, multi-system disorders by piloting a re-design of the local system of diagnostic work. Specifically, we (1) compared the configuration and effectiveness of the old system and the re-designed system; and (2) analysed the process of system re-design (i.e., the design, implementation, and operation of the program) in order to understand the factors that contributed to – or inhibited – its success. We discuss the theoretical and practical implications of our findings for effectively re-designing complex, trans-organisational work systems. 2020 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/79822 10.1016/j.apergo.2020.103095 English http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FL160100033 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ ELSEVIER SCI LTD fulltext
spellingShingle Science & Technology
Social Sciences
Technology
Engineering, Industrial
Ergonomics
Psychology, Applied
Engineering
Psychology
Sociotechnical systems
Work design
Work re-design
Healthcare
JOB CHARACTERISTICS
HEALTH
MOTIVATION
CARE
TECHNOLOGY
EXTENSION
Hay, Georgia
Klonek, Florian
Parker, Sharon
Diagnosing rare diseases: A sociotechnical approach to the design of complex work systems
title Diagnosing rare diseases: A sociotechnical approach to the design of complex work systems
title_full Diagnosing rare diseases: A sociotechnical approach to the design of complex work systems
title_fullStr Diagnosing rare diseases: A sociotechnical approach to the design of complex work systems
title_full_unstemmed Diagnosing rare diseases: A sociotechnical approach to the design of complex work systems
title_short Diagnosing rare diseases: A sociotechnical approach to the design of complex work systems
title_sort diagnosing rare diseases: a sociotechnical approach to the design of complex work systems
topic Science & Technology
Social Sciences
Technology
Engineering, Industrial
Ergonomics
Psychology, Applied
Engineering
Psychology
Sociotechnical systems
Work design
Work re-design
Healthcare
JOB CHARACTERISTICS
HEALTH
MOTIVATION
CARE
TECHNOLOGY
EXTENSION
url http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FL160100033
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/79822