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Abstract

Socio-technical values, principles, and theories are foundational knowledge for health information professionals. These emphasise that people who workwith technology are augmented by it, not subordinate to it. Applying them can contribute to more effective design, development, implementation, management, anduse of digital health and information systems. This chapter briefy describes theorigins and underlying values of the socio-technical approach. It then discussestheories and key concepts. The second section demonstrates the relevance of sociotechnical design to the health services in general and health information professionals, in particular. Examples from research and case studies are used to demonstratehow this workforce can apply socio-technical values and principles.

Item Type:	Book Section
Authors/Creators:	Mather, C and Whetton, S
Keywords:	design. socio-technical, systems theory, technocentrism, humanism
Publisher:	Springer, Cham
Copyright Information:	Copyright 2021 The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature 55Switzerland AG
Related URLs:	Google Scholar: Mather, C UTAS Profile: Mather, C
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