The Computer Prescription
Medical Computing, Public Policy, and Views of History
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5336969 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bonnie Kaplan (0000-0002-8727-0796, Quinnipiac College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 5-38 |
| Publication date | 1995-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Science Technology & Human Values (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0162-2439 • E-ISSN: 1552-8251 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/016224399502000102 |
| OpenAlex | W2039016678 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 59 |
This article traces past trends and current developments in medical computing in the United States. It suggests a link between shifts in emphases in medical computing and in federal government policy toward health care delivery. The development of medical computing was not driven solely by the internal imperatives of science and technology, but by dreams and visions of how computers could revolutionize medicine. Such dreams and visions constitute a mythical charter similar to ideologies and rhetoric used to mobilize support by other computerization movements. This mythical charter influenced development of medical computing by tying computing in medicine to policy goals. This charter also affected historical accounts in medical computing, which are characterized by technological determinism and evidence of cognitive dissonance due to failure to achieve policy goals
Charter · Cognitive dissonance · Health care · Ideology · Political science · Politics · Public policy · Public relations · Rhetoric · Sociology · Vision · Electronic Health Records Systems · Information Systems Theories and Implementation · Law · Psychology · Public Administration · Research Data Management Practices · Social Psychology
Social Change with Respect to Culture and Original Nature
A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance
When prophecy fails
The Second Self
A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance
Histories of the Sciences and Their Uses
The diffusion of innovations
Toward Rational Technology in Medicine
The Political Construction of Space Satellite Technology
Computerization and Social Transformations
The Construction of Work in Artificial Intelligence
Health Policies, Health Politics
Computer as roschach
The Mobilization of Support for Computerization
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,29 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2019 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |