Implementation of electronic medical records in hospitals: two case studies

Health Policy

Volumn 84, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 181-190

  Øvretveit, John ^a,b   Scott, Tim ^c   Rundall, Thomas G ^d   Shortell, Stephen M ^e   Brommels, Mats ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Helsinki University ^*

Author keywords

Electronic medical record; Health care; Implementation; Information technology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; MEDICAL INFORMATION;

DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; STATE MEDICINE; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35448974834     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2007.05.013     Document Type: Article

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