Factors affecting the adoption of electronic signature: Executives' perspective of hospital information department

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 350-359

  Chang, I Chiu ^a   Hwang, Hsin Ginn ^a   Hung, Ming Chien ^b   Lin, Ming Hui ^c   Yen, David C ^d  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b WUFENG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^d MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic Medical Records; Electronic signature; Healthcare Certification Authority; Technology Organization Environment framework

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTERNET;

ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS; HEALTHCARE CERTIFICATION AUTHORITY; TECHNOLOGY-ORGANIZATION-ENVIRONMENT FRAMEWORK;

ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 34548525774     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2007.04.006     Document Type: Article

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