Full impact of laboratory information system requires direct use by clinical staff: Cluster randomized controlled trial

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-16

  Blaya, Joaquín A ^a   Shin, Sonya ^a   Contreras, Carmen ^b   Yale, Gloria ^c   Suarez, Carmen ^d   Asencios, Luis ^e   Kim, Jihoon ^f   Rodriguez, Pablo ^b   Cegielski, Peter ^g   Fraser, Hamish S F ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b SOCIOS EN SALUD   (Peru)

^c Laboratorio Regional   (Peru)

^d DISA IV Lima Este   (Peru)

^e INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD   (Peru)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERNET; LABORATORY; LABORATORY INFORMATION SYSTEM; PERU; POINT OF CARE TESTING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TUBERCULOSIS;

CLINICAL LABORATORY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; INTERNET; MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL SYSTEMS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PERU; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 78650423544     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jamia.2010.005280     Document Type: Article

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