Primary care physicians' experience with electronic medical records: Barriers to implementation in a fee-for-service environment

International Journal of Telemedicine and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Ludwick, D A ^a,b   Doucette, John ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Sherwood Park Strathcona County Primary Care Network   (Canada)

^c TRLABS   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

EID: 67349251327     PISSN: 16876415     EISSN: 16876423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2009/853524     Document Type: Article

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