Clinical information technology capabilities in four U.S. hospitals: Testing a new structural performance measure

Medical Care

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 216-224

  Amarasingham, Ruben ^a,e   Diener West, Marie ^a,b   Weiner, Michael ^c   Lehmann, Harold ^a   Herbers, Jerome E ^d   Powe, Neil R ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR AGING RESEARCH   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospitals; Information technology; Performance measurement; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EVALUATION; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATORS; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; MARYLAND; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 33645233502     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000199648.06513.22     Document Type: Article

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