Health IT-enabled Care for Underserved Rural Populations: The Role of Nursing

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 439-445

  Effken, Judith A ^a   Abbott, Patricia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HOME CARE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NURSING CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL NETWORK; TELENURSING;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; INFORMATICS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; NURSE'S ROLE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67649338441     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.M2971     Document Type: Article

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