Technology Trauma: Barriers to Increasing Technology Utilization

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 39-56

  Drumm, René D ^a   McCoy, H Virginia ^b   Lemon, Alicia ^a  

^a ANDREWS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers to change; Computer use; Drug abuse; Qualitative methodology; Social work; System intervention; Technology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMPETENCE; COMPUTER; COMPUTER NETWORK; DATA ANALYSIS; DOCUMENTATION; DRUG ABUSE; E-MAIL; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MOTIVATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKILL; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIAL WORKER; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; FLORIDA; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOCIAL WORK; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0242608371     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J010v37n04_03     Document Type: Article

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