Is primary care ready to embrace e-health? A qualitative study of staff in London primary care trust

Informatics in Primary Care

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 121-131

  Mannan, Rishi ^a   Murphy, Jeannette ^a   Jones, Melvyn ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitude to computers; Computer systems development; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO CHANGE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMPUTER SECURITY; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONFIDENTIALITY; DATA ANALYSIS; E-MAIL; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL STAFF; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PHYSICIAN; POLITICS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERVIEWS; LONDON; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 33750633695     PISSN: 14760320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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