Information integration in health care organizations: The case of a European health system

Health Care Management Review

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 266-275

  Calciolari, Stefano ^a,b   Buccoliero, Luca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

CIO role; health information technology; information system integration; Italy

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; EUROPE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MASS COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EUROPE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION;

EID: 77953902170     PISSN: 03616274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HMR.0b013e3181d5b109     Document Type: Article

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