Bridging the IT adoption gap for small physician practices: An action research study on electronic health records

Information Systems Management

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-28

  Davidson, Elizabeth ^a   Heslinga, Dan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Family Practice Physician   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic health record; Healthcare information technology; IT adoption; Social effects of IT

Indexed keywords

ACTION RESEARCH; BARRIERS TO ADOPTION; COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE; COMMUNITY-BASED; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD (EHRS); HEALTHCARE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; IT ADOPTION;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; RECORDS MANAGEMENT;

RESEARCH;

EID: 34548507686     PISSN: 10580530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10580530601036786     Document Type: Article

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