Organizational and environmental determinants of hospital EMR adoption: A national study

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 375-384

  Kazley, Abby Swanson ^a   Ozcan, Yasar A ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

EMR use; Hospital; Hospital strategy; Resource dependency theory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; COMPETITION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FINANCIAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; PRODUCTIVITY; RISK MANAGEMENT; RURAL AREA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES; URBANIZATION;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548105219     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-007-9079-7     Document Type: Article

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