Failure to provide clinicians useful IT systems: Opportunities to leapfrog current technologies

Methods of Information in Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 4-7

  Ball, Marion J ^a   Silva, J S ^b   Bierstock, S ^c   Douglas, J V ^a   Norcio, A F ^d   Chakraborty, J ^d   Srini, J ^e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Champions in Healthcare   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical workstations; Health professional workstations

Indexed keywords

HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 38549143693     PISSN: 00261270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1625125     Document Type: Note

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