The relationship between local hospital IT capabilities and physician EMR adoption

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 329-335

  Menachemi, Nir ^a   Matthews, Michael ^b   Ford, Eric W ^c   Hikmet, Neset ^d   Brooks, Robert G ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b WINTHROP UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NICHOLLS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Hospital information systems; Physician EMR adoption; Stark law

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHYSICIAN; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; FLORIDA; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 72349086961     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-008-9194-0     Document Type: Article

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