Introducing point-of-care testing into a rural hospital setting: Thematic analysis of interviews with providers

Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 54-60

  Blattner, Katharina ^a,b   Nixon, Garry ^b,c   Jaye, Chrystal ^b   Dovey, Susan ^b  

^a University of Otago ^*  (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c Dunstan Hospital   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Hospitals; Point of care systems; Rural; Rural health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERVIEW; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT REFERRAL; WORKLOAD;

BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NEW ZEALAND; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; WORKLOAD;

EID: 77957262549     PISSN: 11726164     EISSN: 11726156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/hc10054     Document Type: Article

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