Overcoming barriers to electronic medical record (EMR) implementation in the US healthcare system: A comparative study

Health Informatics Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 306-318

  Kumar, Sameer ^a   Aldrich, Krista ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

Author keywords

application program interfaces; health information exchanges; national health information network; poka yoke

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; MASS COMMUNICATION; ORGANIZATION; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78651365114     PISSN: 14604582     EISSN: 17412811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1460458210380523     Document Type: Article

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