Rick Iedema

Rick Iedema is a Professor at the School of Medicine, King's College London, and the Faculty of Health, University of Tasmania. His research integrates sociology, medicine, and health sciences, with a focus on healthcare organizational practices, patient safety, and infection control. He employs qualitative methodologies like video-reflexive ethnography to study clinical environments and interdisciplinary collaboration.

Iedema's work explores systemic challenges in healthcare, including hospital-acquired infections, multidisciplinary communication, and the role of affect in patient safety. His publications emphasize improving clinical practices through reflexive analysis of everyday workflows and patient-provider interactions.

Articles predominantly address themes of infection prevention, organizational change, and discourse analysis in healthcare settings. Trends highlight innovations in ethnographic methods and sociotechnical evaluations of health systems.