Designing healthcare information technology to catalyse change in clinical care

Informatics in Primary Care

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 9-19

  Lester, William T ^a   Zai, Adrian H ^a   Grant, Richard W ^a   Chueh, Henry C ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinic reminder systems; Electronic medical records; System design

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COUNSELING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REGISTER; REVIEW;

EID: 45349086992     PISSN: 14760320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14236/jhi.v16i1.670     Document Type: Review

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