While the inclusive approach helped to create an organizational-inclusive approach, IT was
introduced to deal with the large quantity of data needed by the project. The underlying
logic used for IT implementation was not to interfere with the daily activities in the
operating rooms. Rather, the project team set up ‘system ergonomics development’ as its
primary strategy of implementation of the new information system for the operating room.
Ergonomics, in this context, meant that methodologies, equipment and devices were
designed in a way that fit the human body, its movements and its cognitive abilities. In
essence, the goal was to simplify the procedures needed to track the surgical path.