Introduction

Integrating Digital Innovation Mechanisms in Digital Infrastructures: The Case of Digital Remote Care

“…Third, it is installed base-friendly (adaptable and cooperative) in relation to the current digital infrastructure. 6 , 65 This means that innovators should carefully balance the local and global requirements and respect the technological and socio-cultural legacies. 66 In sum, it will be aligned with the national vision of increased coordination and collaboration across the health sector.…”

“… 53 Accordingly, if the remote infrastructure is installed base-friendly it may facilitate geographic scaling across the hospital region. 65 Third, when the DIN mechanisms are in place, organisational learning can shape a robust and legitimate organisational arrangement to embrace new ideas and to make changes. 67 However, since there always will be newcomers in the organisation, the education aspect must be a continuous part of the DRC initiative.…”

Actor Network Theory and IS Research

“…Some researchers find ANT useful for accounting for the introduction of a certain technology. For example, Aanestad and Hanseth (2000) explore the introduction of a multimedia technology in a medical surgery, presenting three detailed microlevel snap-shots of local instances of the case being studied (Aanestad & Hanseth, 2000). This usefully reveal the highly complex setting of tech-nology and work practices, the highly emergent and evolutionary use of multimedia technology, and the complexity of the network of human and non-human alliances that needed to be recruited to use the technology.…”

“…Also, Hanseth and Braa (2000) present the story of the evolution of the infrastructure in the Norwegian company Norsk Hydro (Aanestad & Hanseth, 2000). They use ANT to offer an explanation of how the SAP part of the infrastructure drifted from the initial planning towards an almost opposite outcome.…”