Primary care physicians' use of an electronic medical record system: A cognitive task analysis

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 341-348

  Shachak, Aviv ^a,c   Hadas Dayagi, Michal ^a   Ziv, Amitai ^b   Reis, Shmuel ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognitive task analysis; Electronic Medical Record (EMR); Primary care physician

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ISRAEL; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 60449107490     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-008-0892-6     Document Type: Article

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