Monitoring Changes to Federal Health IT Privacy Policy: A Case Study in Punctuated Equilibrium
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2011
Abstract
Applying the communication theory called punctuated equilibrium to an activity system in the federal department that oversees health-information privacy reveals that the theory fails to align well with a government activity system rooted in a stable democratic tradition. This activity system is structured to accommodate a wide variety of stakeholders and significant organizational change. This case study prompts a reexamination of punctuated equilibrium as an approach to understanding the role of documents in certain types of activity systems.
Publication Information
Markel, Mike. (2011). "Monitoring Changes to Federal Health IT Privacy Policy: A Case Study in Punctuated Equilibrium". Technical Communication Quarterly, 20(1), 25-46. https://doi.org/ 10.1080/10572252.2011.528344