Reflections on electronic medical records: When doctors will use them and when they will not

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-4

  Bleich, Howard L ^a   Slack, Warner V ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Computers; Electronic medical records; Information systems; Medical informatics; Patient care

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS; HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PATIENT CARE;

HOSPITALS; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MEDICAL COMPUTING;

ELECTRONIC MEDICAL EQUIPMENT;

COMPUTER PROGRAM; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HOSPITAL FINANCE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; BOSTON; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HOSPITAL RECORDS; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 72049119363     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2009.10.002     Document Type: Review

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