The role of information technology usage in physician practice satisfaction

Health Care Management Review

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 364-371

  Menachemi, Nir ^a   Powers, Thomas L ^a   Brooks, Robert G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disconfirmation process; Electronic health records; Health information technology; Physician satisfaction

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; E-MAIL; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; JOB SATISFACTION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ELECTRONIC MAIL; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; OFFICE AUTOMATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 70350676701     PISSN: 03616274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HMR.0b013e3181a90d53     Document Type: Review

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