Primary care physicians' experiences with electronic medical records: Implementation experience in community, urban, hospital, and academic family medicine

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Ludwick, Dave ^a   Manca, Donna ^b,c   Doucette, John ^b  

^a Sherwood Park Primary Care Network   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c Alberta Family Practice Research Network   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FAMILY MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FAMILY PRACTICE; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 75849161258     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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