Implementing electronic health records: Key factors in primary care

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 730-736

  Terry, Amanda L ^a,e   Thorpe, Cathy F ^b   Giles, Gavin ^c   Brown, Judith Belle ^a   Harris, Stewart B ^a   Reid, Graham J ^d   Thind, Amardeep ^a   Stewart, Moira ^a,d  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Centre for Studies in Family Medicine

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d Department of Family Medicine ^*

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FAMILY MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED KINGDOM; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL RECORD; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; TIME;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMPUTER USER TRAINING; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 44449108722     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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