Patient care information systems and health care work: A sociotechnical approach

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 87-101

  Berg, Marc ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Electronic patient record; Evaluation; Health care work; Medical decision making; Patient care information systems; Sociotechnical approach; System development; System implementation

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; ITERATIVE METHODS;

ELECTRONIC PATIENT RECORDS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT CARE INFORMATION SYSTEMS (PCIS);

MEDICAL COMPUTING;

DECISION MAKING; ELECTRONICS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; ORGANIZATION; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIOLOGY; TECHNICAL AID;

EID: 0032832052     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-5056(99)00011-8     Document Type: Article

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