Are You on the Health Information Technology Bandwagon?

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 368-369

  Bakerjian, Debra ^a   Scherger, Joseph E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMMUNICATION SOFTWARE; EDITORIAL; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROGRAM; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NURSING HOME; ONLINE SYSTEM; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

EID: 67649112265     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2009.03.002     Document Type: Editorial

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