Gathering, Structuring and Describing Information Needs in Home Care: A Method for Requirements Exploration in a "Gray Area"

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 107, Issue , 2004, Pages 1398-1402

  Toivanen, Marika ^a   Hakkinen, Heidi ^a   Eerola, Anne ^a   Korpela, Mikko ^a   Mursu, Anja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Health Services for the Aged; Home Care Services; Home Nursing; Information System; Systems Analysis; Work

Indexed keywords

HOME HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION USE; NURSING; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

HEALTH CARE INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES; HOME CARE; HOME NURSING; HOME-CARE SERVICES; INFORMATION FLOWS; INFORMATION REQUIREMENT; ORGANISATIONAL; WORK;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELDERLY CARE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MALE; ORGANIZATION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; FINLAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INFORMATION SERVICE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

FINLAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 21644453033     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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