Emergency department information system adoption in the United States

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 536-544

  Landman, Adam B ^a,b,d   Bernstein, Steven L ^a,b   Hsiao, Allen L ^a,b   Desai, Rani A ^a,c,d  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

Computerized; Emergency service, Hospital; Financing; Government legislation and jurisprudence; Medical informatics; Medical records systems; United States

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953562433     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2010.00722.x     Document Type: Article

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