What effect does electronic ordering have on the organisational dynamics of a hospital pathology service?

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 160, Issue PART 1, 2010, Pages 223-227

  Georgiou, Andrew ^a   Westbrook, Johanna I ^a   Braithwaite, Jeffrey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computer order entry; Evaluation studies; Hospital information systems; Pathology; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; HOSPITALS;

ELECTRONIC ORDERING; EVALUATION STUDY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION EXCHANGES; LABORATORY PROCESS; ORDER ENTRY; ORGANISATIONAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

PATHOLOGY;

EID: 78649524438     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-60750-588-4-223     Document Type: Conference Paper

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