The impact of converting to an electronic health record on organizational culture and quality improvement

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 76, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages S174-S183

  Nowinski, Cindy J ^a   Becker, Susan M ^a   Reynolds, Katherine S ^a   Beaumont, Jennifer L ^a   Caprini, Carol Ann ^a   Hahn, Elizabeth A ^b   Peres, Alan ^a   Arnold, Benjamin J ^a  

^a EVANSTON NORTHWESTERN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic health record; Electronic medical record; Health informatics; Medical informatics; Organizational culture; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL DATA PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; PATIENT TREATMENT; QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS; HEALTH INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 34247236753     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2006.05.016     Document Type: Article

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