The use of information technologies among rural and urban physicians in Florida

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 483-488

  Menachemi, Nir ^a   Langley, Adam ^a   Brooks, Robert G ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory practice; Electronic health records; Information technology; Rural health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; ELECTRONIC MAIL; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 35348901419     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-007-9088-6     Document Type: Article

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