Has information technology finally been adopted in Flemish intensive care units?

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Colpaert, Kirsten ^a   Vanbelleghem, Sem ^a   Danneels, Christian ^a   Benoit, Dominique ^a   Steurbaut, Kristof ^b   Van Hoecke, Sofie ^b   De Turck, Filip ^b   Decruyenaere, Johan ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MASS COMMUNICATION; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

BELGIUM; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 77957890407     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-10-62     Document Type: Article

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