Enterprise-wide systems enabling physicians to manage care

International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management

Volumn 4, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 288-302

  Wickramasinghe, Nilmini ^a   Lamb, Roberta ^b  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

enterprise wide systems; goal alignment; healthcare; Knowledge worker; managed care; primary care physician

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748354579     PISSN: 13682156     EISSN: 17415144     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijhtm.2002.001144     Document Type: Article

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