TechConnect: Collaboration Between Technology and Humanity
TechConnect is a EU project that explores how advanced digital technology can best complement human expertise in healthcare. The project involves researchers from the Welfare Change Center, along with Region Västmanland, and researchers/representatives from universities and hospitals in Ireland, the Netherlands, and Spain.
This is what we shall do
How can advanced digital technology best complement human expertise? And how does the context in which the technology is used influence the value it creates? Why does the use of the same technical solution sometimes lead to increased benefits, and other times not?
In the project, we will conduct twelve case studies of the interaction between digital technology and various professions in healthcare. Three of these cases will be studied at Västerås Hospital. We will also implement different interventions to explore how the interaction between digital technology and different professional groups in healthcare can take place more smoothly and in ways that generate greater benefits.**
Goals
The TechConnect project aims to develop support for organizations that can ensure that new technologies introduced are more functional and complementary to human abilities and competencies.
Collaboration partners
- Region Västmanland
- Trinity College Dublin
- Tallagh Hospital
- University of Utrecht
- UMC
- Politechnico de Madrid
- Ramon Cajal Hospital
That’s why we need to understand how technology complements humans
Healthcare is a technology-intensive sector, and new digital technologies are increasingly expected to contribute to higher quality and more efficient use of resources. However, new technologies do not always function as intended. Sometimes, they create benefits for certain parts of the organization while posing problems in others. In this project, we aim to understand why this is the case, so that in the future, we can better match new technologies with specific organizational and social conditions.
More information about the project
TechConnect External link.(horizontechconnect.eu)
The researchers involved in the project are part of the Digma (Digital Management) research group at MDU.
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