Reflexive Standardization and Standardized Reflexivity Development and use of innovations in healthcare practices

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(Re) Making the Procrustean Bed? Standardization and Customization as Competing Logics in Healthcare

Recent years have witnessed a parallel and seemingly contradictory trend towards both the standardization and the customization of healthcare and medical treatment. Here, we explore what is meant by ‘standardization’ and ‘customization’ in healthcare settings and explore the implications of these changes for healthcare delivery. We frame the paradox of these divergent and opposing factors in te...

Toward Customized Care; Comment on “(Re) Making the Procrustean Bed? Standardization and Customization as Competing Logics in Healthcare”

Patients want their personal needs to be taken into account. Accordingly, the management of care has long involved some degree of personalization. In recent times, patients’ wishes have become more pressing in a moving context. As the population ages, the number of patients requiring sophisticated combinations of longterm care is rising. Moreover, we are witnessing previously unvoiced demands, ...

Reflections on the Reflexive Activities of Embedded System Development: a Case Study

This paper presents the findings of an in-depth investigation of situated activities of developers and managers during an embedded system development. Previous empirical investigations claim that software design may involve activities outside the continuum of methodologies, such as improvisation or situated activities. Those activities may involve reflexive practices that are purposefully appli...

بررسی استاندارد های مدیریت اطلاعات کمیسیون اعتباربخشی مراکز توانبخشی

Background and Aim: Development and evaluation of rehabilitation services as a section of health system, which plays an important role in the improvement of the quality of life, needs a mechanism for information management as well as other healthcare levels. The effectiveness of information management has been assured through standardization & ongoing evaluation of rehabilitation centers. There...