Ruthanne Huising

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Ruthanne Huising is a leading organizational ethnographer whose research illuminates how work, expertise, and collaboration are reconfigured in complex institutional settings, particularly healthcare. Her most cited work, "Role reconfiguration: what ethnographic studies tell us about the implications of technological change for work and collaboration in healthcare" (2021, 18 citations), examines the profound shifts occurring as digital health, robotics, and interprofessional models transform healthcare delivery. Huising demonstrates how the convergence of technological innovation and the move from multiprofessional to interprofessional care models creates both opportunities and tensions, fundamentally reshaping roles, boundaries, and coordination among clinicians. Her scholarship reveals the micro-level dynamics of how professionals negotiate new identities, jurisdictions, and collaborative practices in response to systemic change. By grounding her analysis in rich ethnographic data, Huising provides critical insights for understanding the human and organizational dimensions of healthcare transformation. Her work has significant implications for designing more effective work systems, training programs, and policies that support adaptive, collaborative healthcare environments. Through her rigorous qualitative research, Huising has established herself as a vital voice in the study of professional work, technology implementation, and organizational change in high-stakes settings.

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   Role reconfiguration: what ethnographic studies tell us about the implications of technological change for work and collaboration in healthcare

   18 citations · 2021
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   Role reconfiguration : what ethnographic studies tell us about the implications of technological change for work and collaboration in healthcare

   2 citations

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