Health information technology: Strategic initiatives, real progress

Health Affairs

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Kolodner, Robert M ^a   Cohn, Simon P ^b   Friedman, Charles P ^c  

^a Health Information Technology   (United States)

^b Permanente Federation   (United States)

^c Health Information Technology

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH POLICY; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS APPLICATIONS; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 54349085316     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 02782715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.27.5.w391     Document Type: Review

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