Attitudes and behaviors related to the introduction of electronic health records among Austrian and German citizens

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 81-89

  Hoerbst, Alexander ^a   Kohl, Christian Dominik ^b   Knaup, Petra ^b   Ammenwerth, Elske ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Comparative study; Electronic health record; Integrated healthcare; Medical informatics; Patient empowerment; Personal health record; Survey

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PATIENT EMPOWERMENT; PERSONAL HEALTH RECORD;

HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION SCIENCE; RECORDS MANAGEMENT; SURVEYS;

SECURITY OF DATA;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUSTRIA; BEHAVIOR; CITIZENSHIP; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRIA; COMPUTER SECURITY; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

EID: 74449083991     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2009.11.002     Document Type: Article

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