Bridging the gaps in the health management information system in the context of a changing health sector

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Nyamtema, Angelo S ^a  

^a Tanzanian Training Centre for International Health Ifakara   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION SYSTEM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TANZANIA;

ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMPUTER LITERACY; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TANZANIA;

EID: 77955395879     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-10-36     Document Type: Article

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