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Reassembling the actor-network in the deployment of a health information system

ABSTRACT

This paper, based on the Actor-Network Theory, intends to analyze the dynamics of implementation of a Health Information System (HIS) in a Brazilian public hospital by following the actors involved in controversies occurred throughout the project trajectory. The changes observed over the course of the system implementation reveal that the concept of success was jointly developed via negotiation of devices of interessement introduced during the project.

KEYWORDS
Health information systems; actor-network theory; public administration; electronic government, information technology

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