Physicians’ acceptance of clinical information systems: an empirical look at attitudes, expectations and skills

International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management

Volumn 1, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 46-61

  Paré, Guy ^a   Elam, Joyce J ^b  

^a HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical information systems; system implementation; user attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 4344604552     PISSN: 13682156     EISSN: 17415144     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijhtm.1999.001060     Document Type: Article

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