Towards a sustainable framework for computer based health information systems (CHIS) for least developed countries (LDCs)

International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 532-544

  Gordon, Abekah Nkrumah ^a   Hinson, Robert Ebo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Health services; Information systems; Sustainable design

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MASS COMMUNICATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RISK;

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RISK;

EID: 34548688481     PISSN: 09526862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09526860710819468     Document Type: Article

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