Baseline assessment of public health informatics competencies in two Hudson Valley health departments

Public Health Reports

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 302-310

  Cunningham, Diana J ^a   Ascher, Marie T ^a   Viola, Deborah ^a   Visintainer, Paul F ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION SYSTEM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

COMPUTER LITERACY; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; NEW YORK; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 34250323522     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490712200303     Document Type: Article

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