Assessing organisational readiness for adopting an electronic health record systems a case study in ambulatory practices

Journal of Decision Systems

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 117-140

  Zheng, Kai ^a   McGrath, Debra ^b   Hamilton, Andrew ^c   Tanner, Clare ^d   White, Mary ^e   Pohl, Joanne M ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b The Coker Group   (United States)

^c Chicago Recovery Alliance   (United States)

^d Michigan Public Health Institute   (United States)

^e WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Assimilation; Electronic health record systems; Implementation; Mindfulness; Organizational self assessment; Readiness; Safety net clinical practice

Indexed keywords

EHEALTH; RECORDS MANAGEMENT;

ADOPTION; ASSIMILATION; CLINICAL PRACTICES; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD SYSTEMS; IMPLEMENTATION; MINDFULNESS; READINESS; SELF ASSESSMENT;

ELECTRONIC ASSESSMENT;

EID: 79952064751     PISSN: 12460125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3166/jds.18.117-140     Document Type: Article

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