Exploring how security features affect the use of electronic health records

International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management

Volumn 11, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 31-49

  Hewitt, Barbara ^a  

^a Texas AandM University San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

EHRs; Electronic health records; IDT; Innovation diffusion theory; TAM; Technology acceptance model

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; BEHAVIOR; BIOMETRY; COMPUTER SECURITY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MALE; REVIEW;

EID: 77952740616     PISSN: 13682156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJHTM.2010.033273     Document Type: Review

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