eHealth: The foundation for health system transformation

Wisconsin Medical Journal

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 112-115

  Hanrahan, Lawrence P ^a,b,c  

^a Bureau of Health Information and Policy   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c WISCONSIN DIVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; REVIEW;

HUMANS; INTERNET; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; WISCONSIN;

EID: 34250002823     PISSN: 10981861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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