A participatory assessment of IS integration needs in maternity clinics using activity theory

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 76, Issue 11-12, 2007, Pages 843-849

  Häkkinen, Heidi ^a   Korpela, Mikko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Access to information; Clinical informatics; Information management; Information networks; Systems integration

Indexed keywords

BIOINFORMATICS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ACTIVITY THEORY; CLINICAL INFORMATICS; INFORMATION NETWORKS; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERVIEW; MATERNITY WARD; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FINLAND; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MATERNAL-CHILD NURSING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION;

EID: 35348855149     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2006.11.003     Document Type: Article

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