Adoption and sophistication of clinical information systems in Greek public hospitals: Results from a national web-based survey

IFMBE Proceedings

Volumn 29, Issue , 2010, Pages 1011-1016

  Kitsiou, S ^a   Manthou, V ^a   Vlachopoulou, M ^a   Markos, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Clinical Information Systems; Greek Hospitals; IT Adoption; IT Sophistication; Survey

Indexed keywords

CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER; CLINICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; COMPREHENSIVE MEASUREMENT; COMPUTERIZED PHYSICIAN ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; CURRENT LEVELS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD SYSTEM; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS; EMPIRICAL LITERATURE; END-USERS; GREEK HOSPITALS; IT ADOPTION; IT SOPHISTICATION; LABORATORY INFORMATION SYSTEM; LOW LEVEL; NURSING INFORMATION SYSTEM; OUTPATIENT MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MANAGEMENT; RESPONSE RATE; TELEMEDICINE SYSTEMS; TRANSFER SYSTEMS; WEB SURVEYS; WEB-BASED SURVEYS;

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; HOSPITALS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; NURSING; RADIOLOGY; SURVEYS; TELEMEDICINE;

MEDICAL COMPUTING;

EID: 77957552419     PISSN: 16800737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-13039-7_256     Document Type: Conference Paper

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