Prescriber and staff perceptions of an electronic prescribing system in primary care: A qualitative assessment

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Devine, Emily Beth ^a   Williams, Emily C ^a,b   Martin, Diane P ^a   Sittig, Dean F ^c   Tarczy Hornoch, Peter ^a   Payne, Thomas H ^a   Sullivan, Sean D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

AMBULATORY CARE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; WASHINGTON;

EID: 78349246325     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-10-72     Document Type: Article

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