Barriers to open source software adoption in Quebec's health care organizations

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-7

  Paré, Guy ^a   Wybo, Michael D ^a   Delannoy, Charles ^a  

^a HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adoption; Barriers to innovation; Health care organizations; Open source software; Software acquisition

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH FACILITY ADMINISTRATORS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; QUEBEC; SOFTWARE; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

EID: 58349093927     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-008-9158-4     Document Type: Article

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