Primary care computing in England and Scotland: A comparison with Denmark

Informatics in Primary Care

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 93-99

  Protti, Denis ^a   Wright, Graham ^b   Treweek, Shaun ^c   Johansen, Ib ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^d Danish Health Data Network   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Electronic medical records; GP computing; Physician practice management systems; Primary care informatics

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DENMARK; ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 33750631612     PISSN: 14760320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14236/jhi.v14i2.619     Document Type: Article

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