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2010
Balka, E. (In Press). Broadening discussion about participatory design: A response to Kyng. Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems.
Balka, E. (In Press). Ghost Charts and Shadow Records: Implication for System Design. 13th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics (Medinfo 2010). Cape Town International Convention Centre, Cape Town, South Africa, September 12-15, 2010.
Balka, E. (In Press). Obituary: Susan Leigh Star. Social Studies of Science.
Balka, E., Tolar, M., Coates, S., & Whitehouse, S. (In Press). Socio-technical challenges in implementing safe patient handovers in care. IT in Health Care: Socio-technical Approaches, Fourth International Conference (ITHC 2010), Aalborg, Denmark, June 23-24, 2010.
Balka, E., Krueger, G., Holmes, B.J., & Stephen, J.E. (2010). Information-seeking among young women with breast cancer [Special Issue: E-health and the Delivery of Health Care]. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 15(3), 389-411.
Tolar, M., & Balka, E. (2010). Infrastructure in the making: The case of an EMR system in a general practice setting. AHIC 2010: The Realities of eHealth, Advances in Health Informatics Conference. University of Waterloo, Health Sciences Campus, Kitchener, Canada, April 28 - 30, 2010.
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2009
Balka, E., Ciolfi, C., Simone, C., Tellioglu, H. & Wagner, I. (Eds.). Proceedings of the 11th European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work. New York: Springer.
Balka, E., & Coates, S. (2009). Interim report: Improving quality and efficiency of on-hill data collection. Report prepared for Whistler-Blackcomb. Burnaby, BC: Simon Fraser University, Assessment of Technology in Context Design Lab.
Balka, E., Green E. & Henwood, F. (2009). (Eds.). Gender, health and information technology in context. Hampshire: Palgrave Press.
Bjorn, P. & Balka, E. (2009). Supporting the design of health information systems: Action research as knowledge translation. Proceedings of the 42nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) (pp. 1-10). Big Island, Hawaii, January 5-8. Washington, DC: IEEE Computer Society. http://www.computer.org/portal/web/csdl/doi/10.1109/HICSS.2009.924
Boulus N. (2009) Sociotechnical changes brought about by electronic medical record. AMCIS 2009 Proceedings. Paper 781. http://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2009/781
Nicol, A.M, Bush, C.G., & Balka, E. (2009). Internet devices and desires: A review of randomized control trials of interactive, internet-mediated, in-home, chronic disease monitoring. Journal of Research in Inteprofessional Practice and Education, 1(1), 66-84. http://www.jripe.org/index.php/journal/article/view/2/5
Schuurman, N. & Balka, E. (2009). Alt.metadata.health: Ontological context for data use and integration. Journal of Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 18(1), 83-108. http://www.springerlink.com/content/w32v2542632x4x7q/
Tillotson, S., Lear, S., Araki, Y., Horvat, D., Prkachin, K., Bates, J., & Balka, E. (2009). Innovation in the North: Are health service providers ready for the uptake of an internet-based chronic disease management platform? Studies In Health Technology And Informatics, 143, 472-7.
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2008
Balka, E. (2008). Preliminary report: Clinical records and hospital charts: Implications for computerization. Burnaby, BC: Simon Fraser University, Assessment of Technology in Context Design Lab.
Balka, E., Bjorn, P. & Wagner, I. (2008). Steps toward a typology for health informatics. Proceedings of the ACM 2008 Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW 08) (pp. 515-524). San Diego, November 8-12. New York: ACM. Awarded Best Paper. http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1460645
Balka, E. & Freilich, J. (2008). Evaluating nurses’ injury rates: Challenges associated with information technology and indicator content and design. Policy and Practice in Health and Safety, 6(2), 83-99.
Bjørn, P. & Rødje, K. (2008). Triage drift: A workplace study in a pediatric emergency department. Journal of Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 17, 395–419. http://www.springerlink.com/content/hn4168x712720458/
Boulus, N. & Bjørn, P. (2008): A cross-case analysis of technology-in-use practices: EPR-adaptation in Canada and Norway. International Journal of Medical Informatics. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6T7S-4T3TR2Y-1/2/27ff3ea2a01e11075c1a72907330e5f5
Boulus, N. & Bjørn, P. (2008). Losing religion: Action research in the making. Paper presented at the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) Conference. Rotterdam, The Netherlands. August 20-23, 2008.
Morrison, J. & Lindberg, P. (2008). When no-one has time: Measuring the impact of computerization on health care workers. American Association of Occupational Health Nurses Journal, 56(9), 373-8. http://www.aaohnjournal.com/showAbst.asp?thing=34078
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2007
Balka, E. (2007). University-health sector partnerships: Working to influence policy and practice through research. Information, Communication and Technology in Health Care: An International Research Connections Workshop. University of Brighton, UK, June 4-5, 2007.
Balka, E. (2007). Will technology change the organization or will the organization change technology? The Real World of Organizations in Health Information Technology Implementations. Information Technology and Communications in Health (pp. 263-269). Victoria BC: University of Victoria.
Balka, E., Doyle-Waters, M., Lecznarowicz, D., &. FitzGerald, J.M. (2007). Technology, governance and patient safety: Systems issues in technology and patient safety. International Journal of Medical Informatics 76(Supplement 1), S48-S57. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6T7S-4KYY450-1/2/d0a2ae3c2219a0b1df8c4155bccd6720
Balka, E., Kahnamou, N., & Nutland, K. (2007). Who’s in charge of patient safety? Work practice, work processes and utopian views of automatic drug dispensing systems. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 76(Supplement 1), S35-S47. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6T7S-4KYXJ4H-1/2/c15ed2c8879609a18a10a39815876252
Balka, E. & McCullough, A. (2007). English- and French speakers’ use of the Canadian Health Network: A report with Recommendations for the Canadian Health Network. ACTION for Health Report 2007. Report prepared for the Canadian Health Network. Burnaby, BC: Simon Fraser University, Assessment of Technology in Context Design Lab.
Balka, E., Reidl, C., & Wagner, I. (2007). Using fieldwork in analyzing ethical issues related to IT in health care. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 129(part 1), 237-241.
Balka, E., Rodje, K., & Bush, C. (2007). Rose-coloured glasses: The discourse on information technology in the Romanow Report. Canadian Journal of Communication, 32(3), 475-494. http://www.cjc-online.ca/index.php/journal/article/view/1866/1955
Balka, E. & Whitehouse, S. (2007). Whose work practice? Situating an electronic triage system within a complex system. In E. Coiera, J.I. Westbrook, J.L. Callen & J. Aarts (Eds.), Information Technology in Health Care 2007: Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Information Technology in Health Care. Socio-technical Approaches Vol. 130 Studies in Health Technology and Informatics (pp. 59-74). Amsterdam: IOS Press.
Bjørn , P. (2007, August). Canadian paediatric emergency departments: Triage practices & electronic triage systems. Report prepared for Simon Fraser University, Assessment of Technology in Context Design Lab, for Burnaby, BC, Canada. (Available from ACTION for Health Institutional Repository: http://ir.lib.sfu.ca/handle/1892/4082)
Bjorn, P. & Balka, E. (2007). Health care categories have politics too: Unpacking the managerial agendas of electronic triage systems. In L.J. Bannon, I. Wagner, C. Gutwin, R.H.R. Harper, & K. Schmidt (Eds.), ECSCW 2007: Proceedings of the 10th European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (pp. 371-390). London: Springer-Verlag. http://www.springerlink.com/content/k2204hh1u4rpn6q4/
Boulus, N. (2007). Epistemological complexities related to action research. Paper presented at the Canadian Communication Association Annual Conference. University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. May 30- June 1, 2007. http://www.acc-cca.ca/reg/viewabstract.php?id=503&cf=4
Boulus, N. (2007). Exploring the construction process of technical knowledge in the healthcare sector. Paper presented at the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) Conference. Montreal, Quebec. October 10-13, 2007.
Boulus, N. (2007, October). Technology transforming medical practice: The emergence of changes brought along by the EMR. Paper presented at the Association of Internet Researcher (AoIR), Pre-Conference workshops. Vancouver, BC. October 17, 2007. (Available from ACTION for Health Institutional Repository: http://ir.lib.sfu.ca/handle/1892/4067)
Boulus, N. & Bjorn, P. (2007, September). Constructing technology-in-use practices: EPR-adaptation in Canada and Norway. Paper presented at The Centre for Clinical Epidemiology & Evaluation, Vancouver General Hospital. September 17, 2007. (Available from ACTION for Health Institutional Repository: http://ir.lib.sfu.ca/handle/1892/4070)
Boulus, N. & Bjorn, P. (2007, August). Constructing technology-in-use practices: EPR-adaptation in Canada and Norway. Paper presented at the 3rd International Conference on IT in Health Care (ITHC), Sydney, Australia. August 28-30, 2007. (Available from ACTION for Health Institutional Repository: http://ir.lib.sfu.ca/handle/1892/4069)
Lindberg, P. & Balka, E. (2007, October). Is the electronic medical record (EMR) only a modern way to keep track of patients and their health records, or could it be something more? Paper presented at the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) Conference, Montreal, Canada, October 11-13. (Available from ACTION for Health Institutional Repository: http://ir.lib.sfu.ca/handle/1892/4078)
McCarthy, C. (2007, May). Work undertaken: The Initiative on the New Economy (INE): Mobilizing knowledge and talent. Presented at the SSHRC forum, Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada. May 31, 2007. (Available from ACTION for Health Institutional Repository: http://ir.lib.sfu.ca/handle/1892/4026)
McCulloch, A. & Balka, E. (2007, October). English- and French-speakers' use of the Canadian Health Network. Paper presented at the Canadian Health Network. October 16, 2007. (Available from ACTION for Health Institutional Repository: http://ir.lib.sfu.ca/handle/1892/4021)
McCulloch, A. (2007). Informed choice? English- and French-speakers' use of the Canadian Health Network. Unpublished master’s thesis, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada. (Available from SFU Institutional Repository: http://ir.lib.sfu.ca/handle/1892/9341)
McCulloch, A. (2007, October). Accessing knowledge?: People's use of the health information they seek on the Internet. Paper presented at the Association of Internet Researcher (AoIR), Pre-Conference workshops. Vancouver, BC. October 17, 2007. (Available from ACTION for Health Institutional Repository: http://ir.lib.sfu.ca/handle/1892/4020)
Morrison, J., Lindberg, P., & Balka, E. (2007, May). Computerization of work as a factor in occupational health. Paper presented at Work with Computing Systems (WWCS 2007), Stockholm, Sweden. May 21-24, 2007. (Available from ACTION for Health Institutional Repository: http://ir.lib.sfu.ca/handle/1892/4076)
Murphy, D., Balka, E., Poureslami, I., Leung, D., Cruz, T., & Nicol, A. (2007). Communicating health information: The community engagement model for video production. Canadian Journal of Communication, 32(3), 383-400. http://www.cjc-online.ca/index.php/journal/article/view/1966/1988
Poureslami, I., Murphy, D., Rootman, I., Nicol, A., & Balka, E. (2007). Changing immigrants' attitudes towards intentions to use the BC HealthGuide Program: Culturally specific video messaging for health promotion. Journal of Applied Research on Learning, 1(1):, 1-12. http://www.ccl-cca.ca/CCL/Reports/Journal/JARLApril2007_Issue1_Art3.htm
Poureslami, I., Rootman, I., & Balka, E. (2007). Assessing the effectiveness of informational video Clips on Iranian immigrants' attitudes toward and intention to use the BC HealthGuide Program in the greater Vancouver area. Medscape General Medicine, 9(1), 12. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1924987/
Poureslami, I.M., Rootman, I., Balka, E., Devarakonda, R., Hatch, J., & Fitzgerald, M. A. (2007). Systematic review of asthma and health literacy: A cultural-ethnic perspective. Medscape General Medicine, 9(3), 40. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2100106/
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2006
Balka, E. (2006). Inside the belly of the beast: The challenges and successes of a reformist participatory agenda. Proceedings of the Ninth Conference on Participatory Design (PDC ’06): Expanding Boundaries in Design Vol. 1 (pp. 134-143). Trento, Italy, August 1-6. New York: ACM Press. http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1147261.1147281
Balka, E. (2006). Sorting, sending and allocating: Indicators as a secondary ordering system in hospital triage work. Workshop on 'Ordering systems'. IT University of Copenhagen, December 6-8. http://www.itu.dk/people/schmidt/os-cph2006/Balka.pdf.
Balka, E. (2006). When boundary objects don’t bridge: The multiple roles of electronic triage. In E. Balka & I. Wagner (Eds.), Reconfiguring Healthcare: Issues in Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Healthcare Environments. 2006 Participatory Design Conference (PDC ’06): Expanding the Boundaries in Design. Trento, Italy, August 1-5, 2006.
Balka, E. (2006). Will system architecture design women’s health futures? Implications of computerizing health sector work for knowledge about women’s health. 2006 Gender and Science and Technology Conference (GASAT). Brighton, England, September 4-8.
Balka, E. & Butt, A. (2006, October). Information seeking practices of seniors, youth and parents. ACTION for Health Report 2006-02. Report prepared for the BC Ministry of Health. Burnaby, BC: Simon Fraser University, Assessment of Technology in Context Design Lab. (Available from ACTION for Health Institutional Repository: http://ir.lib.sfu.ca/handle/1892/4036)
Balka, E., Doyle Waters, M. & Fitzgerald, J. M. (2006). Health technology, governance and patient safety: An overview and synthesis of the literature. HPRP File #: 6795-15-2003/5760002. Ottawa, ON: Heath Canada.
Balka, E. & Wagner, I. (2006). Making things work: Dimensions of configurability as appropriation work. Computer Supported Cooperative Work Conference 2006 (CSCW ’06) (pp. 229-238). Banff, Alberta, November 4-8. Received Honourable Mention for Best Paper. http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1180875.1180912
Balka, E., Messing, K. & Armstrong, P. (2006). Indicators for all: Including occupational health in indicators for a sustainable health care system. Policy and Practice in Health and Safety, 45-61.
Balka, E., Rodje, K., & Finlay, C. (2006, October). Technology in the Romanow Report and Canadian communication thought. Presentation prepared for ACTION for Health Team Meeting, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. (Available from ACTION for Health Institutional Repository: http://ir.lib.sfu.ca/handle/1892/4106)
Boulus, N. & Tolar, M. (2006, November). The art of workarounds: Two case studies of documentation systems in the healthcare sector. Paper presented at the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. November 4, 2006. (Available from ACTION for Health Institutional Repository: http://ir.lib.sfu.ca/handle/1892/4066)
Boulus, N. (2006). Reconstructing constructivism: Moving away from the commitment to the social to the study of associations. Paper presented at the Canadian Communication Association Annual Conference. York University, Toronto, ON. June 1-3, 2006. http://www.acc-cca.ca/reg/viewabstract.php?id=338&cf=3
Boulus, N. (2006, September). Issues discussed in EMR meetings: Report on electronic medical records project. Report prepared for Simon Fraser University, Assessment of Technology in Context Design Lab, for Burnaby, BC, Canada. (Available from ACTION for Health Institutional Repository: http://ir.lib.sfu.ca/handle/1892/4064)
Krajnak, J. & McCulloch, A. (2006, March). Update: Vancouver Public Library. Presentation prepared for ACTION for Health Team Meeting, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. (Available from ACTION for Health Institutional Repository: http://ir.lib.sfu.ca/handle/1892/3960).
Krueger, G. (2006). Meaning-making in the aftermath of sudden infant death syndrome. Nursing Inquiry 13(3), 163–171. http://doi.wiley.com/10.1111/j.1440-1800.2006.00318.x
McCarthy, C. (2006, October). Project update: Health information seeking practices of youths, parents and seniors. Presentation prepared for ACTION for Health Team Meeting, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. (Available from ACTION for Health Institutional Repository: http://ir.lib.sfu.ca/handle/1892/4025)
Numata, Y., Schulzer, M., van der Wal, R., Globerman, J., Semeniuk, P., Balka, E., & FitzGerald, M. J. (2006). Nurse staffing levels and hospital mortality in critical care settings: A systematic review. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 55(4) 435-448. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.2006.03941.x
Proctor, R., Rouncefield, M., Balka, E., & Berg, M. (2006). CSCW and dependable healthcare systems [Special issue]. Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW), 15(5-6), 413-418. http://www.springerlink.com/content/f2r35047351022j2/
Rodje, K. (2006, March). Ethnicity and health. Presentation prepared for ACTION for Health Team Meeting, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. (Available from ACTION for Health Institutional Repository: http://ir.lib.sfu.ca/handle/1892/4107)
Smith, K. (2006) A wired waiting room: Interventions to enhance access to online health information. Unpublished master’s thesis, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada. (Available from SFU Institutional Repository: http://ir.lib.sfu.ca/handle/1892/3536)
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2005
Balka, E. (2005). A Tale of two cultures: Explorations in the meaning of culture in ethnographic research in information systems. Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) International 2005 Usability and Internationalization Conference. Ethnography and International Usability Invited Session. Las Vegas, Nevada, July 22-27. (CD Rom only). http://www.sfu.ca/act4hlth/pub/pubpapers/abstract_tale%20of%20two%20cultures.pdf
Balka, E. (2005). Disparate interests, common goals? Moving an action-oriented health technology assessment agenda forward in Canada. Practices of Assessment and Intervention in Action-Oriented Science and Technology Studies (18 pp.). Workshop organized by Casper Bruun Jensen & Teun Zuiderent-Jerak. April 25-26.
Balka, E. (2005). Socio-technical challenges in constructing continuity of care: Reflections on two system development projects. Proceedings of the Continuity of Care Workshop. Held in conjunction with HelseInformatikkukaI (HelsIT). Trondheim, Norway, September 28. http://www.kith.no/templates/kith_WebPage____1469.aspx.
Balka, E. (2005). The production of health indicators as computer supported cooperative work: Reflections on the multiple roles of electronic health records. In E. Balka & I. Wagner (Eds.), Reconfiguring Healthcare: Issues in Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Healthcare Environments (pp. 67-75). Workshop organized by Ellen Balka & Ina Wagner for the 9th European Computer Supported Cooperative Work Conference (ECSCW 2005). Paris, September 19.
Balka, E. (2005, March). Overview of project progress to date. Presentation prepared for ACTION for Health Team Meeting, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. March 2, 2005. (Available from ACTION for Health Institutional Repository: http://ir.lib.sfu.ca/handle/1892/4101)
Balka, E., Mason, S. & Elfring, N. (2005). “You think it is turning but it is the multiple small stuff”: Gender, the division of labour and back and shoulder injury among nursing staff. Canadian Woman Studies, 24(1): 145-152.
Balka, E. & Nicol, A.-M. (2005, February). Librarian assisted health information seekers - Vancouver Public Library health information seeker survey: Preliminary summary of findings. Report prepared for Simon Fraser University, Assessment of Technology in Context Design Lab, for Burnaby, BC, Canada. (Available from ACTION for Health Institutional Repository: http://ir.lib.sfu.ca/handle/1892/4045)
Balka, E. & Nicol, A.-M. (2005, February). Preliminary research results - Vancouver Public Library health information seekers. Report prepared for Simon Fraser University, Assessment of Technology in Context Design Lab, for Burnaby, BC, Canada. (Available from ACTION for Health Institutional Repository: http://ir.lib.sfu.ca/handle/1892/4046)
Balka, E. & Nicol, A.-M. (2005, February). Vancouver Public Library survey study - Internet usage statistics. Report prepared for Simon Fraser University, Assessment of Technology in Context Design Lab, for Burnaby, BC, Canada. (Available from ACTION for Health Institutional Repository: http://ir.lib.sfu.ca/handle/1892/4039)
Balka, E. & Nicol, A.-M. (2005, February). Vancouver Public Library research - Descriptive statistics. Report prepared for Simon Fraser University, Assessment of Technology in Context Design Lab, for Burnaby, BC, Canada. (Available from ACTION for Health Institutional Repository: http://ir.lib.sfu.ca/handle/1892/4039)
Balka, E., Wagner, I., & Jensen, C.B. (2005). Reconfiguring critical computing in an era of configurability. In. O.W. Bertelsen, N.O. Bouvin, P.G. Krough & M. Kyng (Eds.), Critical Computing: Between Sense and Sensibility. Proceedings of the Forth Decennial Aarhus Conference (pp. 79-88). Aarhus, Denmark, August 20-24. New York: ACM Press. http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1094562.1094572
Boulus, N. (2005). Electronic patient records (EPRs) through the critical theory of technology. Paper presented at the School of Communication 3rd Annual Graduate Conference at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC. January 14, 2005.
Boulus, N. (2005). Inquiring into the conceptual framework of actor-network theory through the case of electronic medical records. Paper presented at the Canadian Communication Association Annual Conference. University of Western Ontario, London, ON. June 2-4, 2005. http://www.acc-cca.ca/reg/viewabstract.php?id=33&cf=1
Boulus, N. (2005). Making things work: On being an academic researcher working with a community partner. Paper presented at the 4th International Conference on Urban Health. Achieving Social Justice in Urban Communities. Toronto ON. October 26-28, 2005.
Boulus, N. (2005). The clinic is down: Analysis of minutes from electronic medical record meetings. Paper presented at the Mid-Year Team Meeting for ACTION for Health project. Pacific Palisades Hotel. Vancouver, BC. October 31, 2006.
Boulus, N. (2005). The transition to electronic medical records in the primary healthcare sector in BC. Paper presented at the Communication Graduate Colloquium, Harbour Center. Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC. November, 25, 2005.
Boulus, N. (2005, October). Information about the Electronic Medical Record (EMR). Handout prepared for Mid-Main Community Health Clinic, Vancouver, BC, Canada. (Available from ACTION for Health Institutional Repository: http://ir.lib.sfu.ca/handle/1892/4063)
Boulus, N. (2005, October). The travel to the hidden lives of Electronic Medical Records (EMRs). Paper presented at the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) Conference, Pasadena, California. October 20-22, 2005. (Available from ACTION for Health Institutional Repository: http://ir.lib.sfu.ca/handle/1892/4071)
Mason, S. & Balka, E. (2005). “You think it’s turning but it is the multiple small stuff”: Nursing activities, awkward postures and back and shoulder injury amongst nurses. Canadian Association for Research on Work and Health 2005 Bi-Annual Symposium. Vancouver, BC, May 15-17. (CD Rom only).
Mason, S., Brown, M., Lacasse, C., Tholin, H., Balka, E. & Elfring, N. (2005). Participatory design of nurses’ workspaces in an intensive care unit. Proceedings of the Association of Canadian Ergonomics (ACE 2005): Charting the Human Factor. Halifax, NS, August 15-18.
Messing, K., Seifert, A.M., Vézina, N., Balka, E. & Chatigny, C. (2005). Qualitative research using numbers: An approach developed in France and used to transform work in North America. New Solutions, 15(3), 245-260.
Smith, K. Nicol, A.-M., & Balka, E. (2005, April). Results from the Vancouver Public Library study. Presentation prepared for Vancouver Public Library, Vancouver, BC, Canada. (Available from ACTION for Health Institutional Repository: http://ir.lib.sfu.ca/handle/1892/4040)
Wagner, I. & Balka, E. (2005). Supporting configuring as appropriation work. In Y. Dittrich, P. Dourish, A. Mørch, V. Pipek, G. Stevens, & B. Törpel (Eds.). International reports on socio-informatics Vol. 2 No. 2: International Institute for Socio-Informatics (pp. 71-78). Supporting Appropriation Work: Approaches for the 'reflective' user. Workshop organized by Y. Dittrich, P. Dourish, A. Mørch, V. Pipek, G. Stevens, & B. Törpel at the 9th European Computer Supported Cooperative Work Conference (ECSCW 2005). Paris, September 18.
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2004
Balka, E. (2004). Fragmented views from the field: Reflections on field observations of computerized health sector work. Work Practice Research and Information Technology Development in Hospital and Community Health Care Settings (pp. 7-12). Workshop held in conjunction with Computer Supported Cooperative Work Conference 2004 (CSCW ‘04). Chicago, IL, November 7.
Balka, E. & Kahnamoui, N. (2004). Technology trouble? Talk to us! Findings from an ethnographic field study. Proceedings of the Eighth Conference on Participatory Design (PDC ’04): Artful Integration: Interweaving Media, Materials and Practices Vol. 1 (pp. 224–234). Toronto, ON. July 27–31. New York: ACM Press. http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1011870.1011896
Balka, E. & Kahnamoui, N. (2004, May). Electronic patient records. Working paper prepared for Simon Fraser University, Assessment of Technology in Context Design Lab, for Burnaby, BC, Canada. (ACTION for Health Working Paper, available from ACTION for Health Institutional Repository: http://ir.lib.sfu.ca/handle/1892/4073)
Balka, E. & Kahnamoui, N. (2004, May). Electronic patient records briefing notes. Prepared for Simon Fraser University, Assessment of Technology in Context Design Lab, for Burnaby, BC, Canada. (ACTION for Health Working Paper, available from ACTION for Health Institutional Repository: http://ir.lib.sfu.ca/handle/1892/4074).
Balka, E. & Kahnamoui, N. (2004, May). Implementation of electronic patient records - Lessons learned from the literature. Report prepared for Simon Fraser University, Assessment of Technology in Context Design Lab, for Burnaby, BC, Canada. (ACTION for Health Working Paper, available from ACTION for Health Institutional Repository: http://ir.lib.sfu.ca/handle/1892/4075)
Balka, E. & Nutland, K. (2004, August). Automated drug dispensing systems: Literature review. Report prepared for Simon Fraser University, Assessment of Technology in Context Design Lab, for Burnaby, BC, Canada. (ACTION for Health Working Paper, available from ACTION for Health Institutional Repository: http://ir.lib.sfu.ca/handle/1892/4072)
Balka, E., Rootman, I., & Best, A. (2004, January). The role of technology in the production, consumption and use of health information: Implications for policy and practice: ACTION for Health Overview Poster. Poster prepared for Simon Fraser University, Assessment of Technology in Context Design Lab, for Burnaby, BC, Canada. (Available from ACTION for Health Institutional Repository: http://ir.lib.sfu.ca/handle/1892/4100)
Boulus, N. (2004). Position paper for the workshop on Work Practice Research and Information Technology Development in Hospital and Community Health Care Settings. Organized by ACTION for Health. Held in conjunction with CSCW. Chicago, November 7, 2004.
Boulus, N. & Kahnamoui, N. (2004, November). We are moving with the times. Poster prepared for Mid-Main Community Health Clinic, Vancouver, BC, Canada. (Available from ACTION for Health Institutional Repository: http://ir.lib.sfu.ca/handle/1892/4065)
Henwood, F. & Balka, E. (2004). Editorial comment: The use of information and communication technologies in the communication of health information and advice information [Special Issue: E-Health]. Communication and Society, 7(4), v-ix.
Krueger, G. & Holmes, B. (2004, August). Proposal for subproject: The information needs and information-seeking behaviours of young women with breast cancer in relation to the Internet. Proposal prepared for Simon Fraser University, Assessment of Technology in Context Design Lab, for Burnaby, BC, Canada. (Available from ACTION for Health Institutional Repository: http://ir.lib.sfu.ca/handle/1892/4030)
Nicol, A.-M. (2004, August). Information for librarians concerning ACTION for Health Research Project at Vancouver Public Library. Information sheet prepared for Simon Fraser University, Assessment of Technology in Context Design Lab, for Burnaby, BC, Canada. (Available from ACTION for Health Institutional Repository: http://ir.lib.sfu.ca/handle/1892/4041)
Nicol, A.-M. (2004, July). Data sheet for Vancouver Public Library study observations. Information sheet prepared for Simon Fraser University, Assessment of Technology in Context Design Lab, for Burnaby, BC, Canada. (Available from ACTION for Health Institutional Repository: http://ir.lib.sfu.ca/handle/1892/4044)
Nicol, A.-M. (2004, September). VPL/ACTION for Health library project - Information sheet for librarians. Information sheet prepared for Simon Fraser University, Assessment of Technology in Context Design Lab, for Burnaby, BC, Canada. (Available from ACTION for Health Institutional Repository: http://ir.lib.sfu.ca/handle/1892/4048)
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2003
Balka, E. (2003). Getting the big picture: The macro-politics of information system development (and failure) in a Canadian hospital. Methods of Information in Medicine, 42(4), 324–330. http://www.schattauer.de/en/magazine/subject-areas/journals-a-z/methods/contents/archive/issue/696/manuscript/295/show.html
Balka, E. (2003). Health literacy: Technological opportunities and challenges. Presentation prepared for the BC Ministry of Health Planning, Victoria, BC. (Available from ACTION for Health Institutional Repository: http://ir.lib.sfu.ca/handle/1892/4037)
Balka, E. (2003, October). ACTION for Health fact sheet. (Available from ACTION for Health Institutional Repository: http://ir.lib.sfu.ca/handle/1892/3950)
Balka, E. (2003, October). ACTION for Health research overview. (Available from ACTION for Health Institutional Repository: http://ir.lib.sfu.ca/handle/1892/3951)
Balka, E. (2003, June). Problems of power in STS: Thoughts on multi-level analyses of technology. Paper presented at the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Halifax, NS. (ATIC Working Paper 2003-5)
Balka, E. (2003, June). The great data squeeze: Looking for data in all the wrong places. Paper presented at the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Halifax, NS. (ATIC Working Paper 2003-4)
Balka, E. (2003). The role of technology in making gender count on the health information highway. Atlantis, 27(2), 49–56. http://forms.msvu.ca/atlantis/vol/272all/272balka.PDF
Balka, E. & Buller, L. (2003). Computer mediated workplace based continuing education: Issues, challenges, strengths and limitations. ATIC-DL Report 03-01. Burnaby, BC: Simon Fraser University, Assessment of Technology in Context Design Lab.
Balka, E. & Dunbar Jones, J. (2003). Computer supported delivery of continuing education to front line staff in a healthcare setting: A needs assessment and feasibility study. ATIC-DL Report 03-02. Burnaby, BC: Simon Fraser University, Assessment of Technology in Context Design Lab.
Buchholz, K., & Peddle, K. (2003, January). Understanding rural telehealth in Canada. Paper presented at Dialectics of Determination: Rethinking Society, Culture and Technology. Graduate conference sponsored by the School of Communication, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC.
Buchholz, K., & Peddle, K. (2003, June). Click here for wellness. Paper presented at the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Halifax, NS. (ATIC Working Paper 2003-6)
Nutland, K. (2003, June). What are we getting into? Challenges to the realization of a pan-Canadian health info-structure. Paper presented at the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Halifax, NS. (ATIC Working Paper 2003-8)
Peddle, K., & Buchholz, K. (2003, June). Rural dweller, rural health. Paper presented at the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Halifax, NS. (ATIC Working Paper 2003-7)
Sharman, Z. (2003, February). "It kind of sucks, actually:" Information system design failure in a Canadian hospital. Paper presented at the Infrastructures of Digital Design: Thinking/Building/Living conference, San Diego, CA. (ATIC Working Paper 2003-3)
Sharman, Z. (2003, June). Conceptualizing care: Gender, technology and nurses' caring work. Paper presented at the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Halifax, NS. (ATIC Working Paper 2003-9)
Sharman, Z. (2003, June). Double entry, doubled workload: Technology design, work practice and the electronic patient record. Paper presented at the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Halifax, NS. (ATIC Working Paper 2003-10)
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2002
Bell, B.L., & Nutland, K. (2002). Federal health info-structure timeline (with accompanying grid). (ATIC Working Paper 2002-1)
Hirji, F. (2002). Freedom or folly? Canadians and the consumption of online health information. (ATIC Working Paper 2002-2)
Nutland, K. (2002). Provincial health info-structure timeline - British Columbia (with accompanying grid). (ATIC Working Paper 2002-3)
Balka, E. (2002, May). The emergence of the Canadian health information infrastructure. Paper presented at the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Toronto, ON. (ATIC Working Paper 2002-4)
Bell, B.L. (2002, May). The emergence of the Canadian health infrastructure. Paper presented at the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Toronto, ON. (ATIC Working Paper 2002-5)
Sharman, Z. (2002, May). Gendering health information technology: The intersection of nursing, skill and care. Paper presented at the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Toronto, ON. (ATIC Working Paper 2002-6)
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