The outcomes of regional healthcare information systems in health care: A review of the research literature

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 78, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 757-771

  Mäenpää, Tiina ^a,b   Suominen, Tarja ^a   Asikainen, Paula ^b   Maass, Marianne ^b   Rostila, Ilmari ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b Satakunta Hospital District   (Finland)

Author keywords

Information exchange; Outcomes; Regional health information organization; Regional health information systems; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION EXCHANGE; OUTCOMES; REGIONAL HEALTH INFORMATION ORGANIZATION; REGIONAL HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION USE; MEDICAL COMPUTING; RESEARCH; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FINLAND; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REGIONAL HEALTH PLANNING;

EID: 70349470986     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2009.07.001     Document Type: Review

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