The policy-practice nexus of electronic health records adoption in the UK NHS: An institutional analysis

Journal of Enterprise Information Management

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 146-170

  Currie, Wendy L ^a   Finnegan, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication technologies; Databases; National Health Service; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551669606     PISSN: 17410398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410391111106284     Document Type: Article

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