Perceived efficiency impacts following electronic health record implementation: An exploratory study of an urban community health center network

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 79, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 807-816

  McAlearney, Ann Scheck ^a,b,c   Robbins, Julie ^a   Hirsch, Annemarie ^a   Jorina, Maria ^a   Harrop, J Phil ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ambulatory care information systems; Community health centers; Efficiency; Electronic health record; Electronic medical records; Information systems; Medical informatics

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE INFORMATION SYSTEMS; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL INFORMATICS;

INFORMATION SCIENCE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MEDICAL COMPUTING; RECORDS MANAGEMENT; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE;

HEALTH;

ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAINING; URBAN AREA;

ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED;

EID: 78650218605     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2010.09.002     Document Type: Article

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