What should we measure? Conceptualizing usage in health information exchange

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 302-307

  Vest, Joshua R ^a   Jasperson, Jon ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RECORD; REVIEW; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFORMATION SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955299378     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jamia.2009.000471     Document Type: Review

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