Challenges to EHR implementation in electronic- versus paper-based office practices

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 755-761

  Zandieh, Stephanie O ^a   Yoon Flannery, Kahyun ^a   Kuperman, Gilad J ^a,b,c   Langsam, Daniel J ^a   Hyman, Daniel ^a,b   Kaushal, Rainu ^a,d  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory; Challenges; Electronic health records (EHR); Implementations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; NEW YORK CITY; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PHYSICIAN EXECUTIVES; PRACTICE MANAGEMENT, MEDICAL;

EID: 43949129749     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-008-0573-5     Document Type: Article

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