More than just a question of technology: Factors related to hospitals' adoption and implementation of health information exchange

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 79, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 797-806

  Vest, Joshua R ^a,b  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Electronic health records; Health information exchange; Implementation; Inter organizational systems; Policy

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE; IMPLEMENTATION; INTER-ORGANIZATIONAL SYSTEMS; POLICY;

HOSPITALS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INVESTMENTS; MEDICAL COMPUTING; PATIENT REHABILITATION; PROFITABILITY; RECORDS MANAGEMENT; TECHNOLOGY;

HEALTH;

ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SOCIAL NETWORK;

AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; TECHNOLOGY, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650206046     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2010.09.003     Document Type: Article

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