Survey of information technology in Intensive Care Units in Ontario, Canada

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Lapinsky, Stephen E ^a,b   Holt, David ^b   Hallett, David ^b   Abdolell, Mohamed ^c   Adhikari, Neill K J ^b,d  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL STUDY; COMMUNICATION SOFTWARE; COMPUTER; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FISHER EXACT TEST; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; IMAGING SYSTEM; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RECORD; NURSING MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; RADIOLOGY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MASS COMMUNICATION; STATISTICS; TELEMETRY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CLINICAL PHARMACY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTERNET; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; ONTARIO; TELEMETRY;

EID: 38949217733     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-8-5     Document Type: Article

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