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dc.contributor.authorKleiven, Hanne H.
dc.contributor.authorLjunggren, Birgitte
dc.contributor.authorSolbjør, Marit
dc.date.accessioned2021-04-22T08:33:14Z
dc.date.available2021-04-22T08:33:14Z
dc.date.created2020-04-22T12:02:12Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.citationBMC Health Services Research, 2020, 20:320, 1-11.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1472-6963
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/2739013
dc.description.abstractBackground: Implementing digital technology in home care services challenges care arrangements built on faceto-face encounters. Digital welfare technology has been suggested as a solution to increasing demands on health care services from an ageing population. Medication delivery is a major task for home care services, and digital medication devices could lessen the need for resources. But technology has scripts based on how designers picture its use, and these might not fit with users’ needs and practices. New technology must go through processes of domestication among its users. In the present study, we investigate how health professionals experienced the implementation of a digital medication dispenser into home care services in Norway. Methods: This was a qualitative interview study with 26 health professionals from home care services in five municipalities. Results: All five municipalities had implemented a digital medication dispenser in home care services. Prior to the introduction of the dispenser, medication practices had been based on home visits. The safety of medication practices was the main concern of health professionals who had to negotiate the technological script in order to make it work in a new care arrangement. Rationalities of effectiveness collided with rationalities of care, symbolized by warm hands. Professionals who had been used to working independently became dependent on technical support. Being unfamiliar with the new medication arrangement led to resistance towards the digital dispenser, but more direct experiences changed the focus from technology to new care arrangements. Negotiating practical and organizational arrangements led health professionals to trust the digital medication dispenser to contribute to safe and good care for service users. Conclusions: Implementing digital technology in home care services must be informed by previous practices in the field, especially when it concerns safety for patients. Through processes of domestication, health professionals negotiate technological scripts to make them fit professional ideals and practices. Policymakers and managers must address questions of care arrangements and individualized adaptions to patients’ needs in order to receive support from health professionals when implementing digital technology in home care services.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherBioMed Central (BMC)en_US
dc.rightsNavngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no*
dc.subjectWelfare technologyen_US
dc.subjectImplementationen_US
dc.subjectHome care serviceen_US
dc.subjectScience and technology studiesen_US
dc.subjectDomesticationen_US
dc.subjectScripten_US
dc.subjectScandinaviaen_US
dc.titleHealth professionals’ experiences with the implementation of a digital medication dispenser in home care services – a qualitative study.en_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.rights.holderKleiven, H.H.; Ljunggren, B.; Solbjør, M.en_US
dc.source.pagenumber1-10.en_US
dc.source.volume20en_US
dc.source.journalBMC Health Services Researchen_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-020-05191-9
dc.identifier.cristin1807498
dc.source.articlenumber320en_US
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cristin.fulltextoriginal
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