Electronic prescription system: Do the professional use it?

International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 32-52

  Spil, Ton A M ^a   Schuring, Roel W ^a   Michel Verkerke, Margreet B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

IT success; Perceived usefulness; Relevance; Use of IT

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MICROCOMPUTER; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PRESCRIPTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL ASPECT; TIME;

EID: 4344567275     PISSN: 13682156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJHTM.2004.004824     Document Type: Article

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