'Repairing' the Machine: A Case Study of the Evaluation of Computer-Aided Detection Tools in Breast Screening

Mark Hartswood; Rob Procter; Roger Slack; James Soutter; Alex Voss; Mark Rouncefield

'Repairing' the Machine: A Case Study of the Evaluation of Computer-Aided Detection Tools in Breast Screening

Mark Hartswood, Rob Procter, Roger Slack, James Soutter, Alex Voss, Mark Rouncefield

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Abstract

In this paper, we consider the problems of introducing computer-based tools into collaborative processes, arguing that such an introduction must attend to the sociality of work if it is not to impact negatively upon the work that they are intended to support. To ground our arguments, we present findings from an ethnomethologically informed ethnographic study carried out in the context of the clinical trial of a computer based aid in medical work. Our findings highlight the problematic nature of traditional clinical trials for evaluating healthcare technologies, precisely because such trials fail to grasp the situated, social and collaborative dimensions of medical work.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the Eighth European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 14-18 September 2003, Helsinki, Finland
Publisher	Kluwer Academic Publishers
Pages	375-394
Number of pages	20
Publication status	Published - 2003

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Investigation into the Clinical Setting of the use of a computer-aided detection system for breast cancer
Procter, R. (Principal Investigator) & Hartswood, M. (Co-investigator)
EPSRC
1/06/01 → 28/02/03
Project: Research

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Hartswood, M., Procter, R., Slack, R., Soutter, J., Voss, A., & Rouncefield, M. (2003). 'Repairing' the Machine: A Case Study of the Evaluation of Computer-Aided Detection Tools in Breast Screening. In Proceedings of the Eighth European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 14-18 September 2003, Helsinki, Finland (pp. 375-394). Kluwer Academic Publishers. http://www.ecscw.org/2003/020procter_ecscw03.pdf

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'Repairing' the Machine: A Case Study of the Evaluation of Computer-Aided Detection Tools in Breast Screening. / Hartswood, Mark; Procter, Rob; Slack, Roger et al.
Proceedings of the Eighth European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 14-18 September 2003, Helsinki, Finland. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003. p. 375-394.

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