Challenges associated with electronic ordering in the emergency department: A study of doctors' experiences

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 373-378

  Fernando, Sanj ^a,b   Georgiou, Andrew ^c   Holdgate, Anna ^a,b   Westbrook, Johanna I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computer order entry; Emergency medicine; Evaluation study; Hospital information system; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NEW SOUTH WALES; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 70350122937     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2009.01214.x     Document Type: Article

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