Do general practice characteristics influence uptake of an information technology (IT) innovation in primary care?

Informatics in Primary Care

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-8

  Evans, Josie M M ^a,d   Guthrie, Bruce ^a   Pagliari, Claudia ^b   Greene, Alex ^c   Morris, Andrew D ^a   Cunningham, Scott ^a   Donnan, Peter T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d Section of Public Health   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

General practice; Information; Technology; Web based clinical information system

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIABETES EDUCATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSE; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE;

EID: 45349104031     PISSN: 14760320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14236/jhi.v16i1.669     Document Type: Article

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