What is found positive in healthcare information and communication technology implementation? - The results of a nationwide survey in Finland

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 118-123

  Winblad, Ilkka ^a   Hämäläinen, Päivi ^b   Reponen, Jarmo ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c Raahe Hospital   (Finland)

Author keywords

delivery of healthcare services; e health; electronic health record; medical informatics; medical records systems; picture archiving and communication systems; telemedicine; teleradiology

Indexed keywords

EHEALTH; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; HEALTHCARE SERVICES; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL RECORD; TELERADIOLOGY;

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT EXCHANGE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALS; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; ONLINE SYSTEMS; QUALITY OF SERVICE; RADIATION; RADIOLOGY; RECORDS MANAGEMENT; SURVEYS; TELEMEDICINE;

PICTURE ARCHIVING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ARTICLE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; ONLINE SYSTEM; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TELEMEDICINE; TELERADIOLOGY;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TELEMEDICINE; TELERADIOLOGY;

EID: 79952542666     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2010.0138     Document Type: Article

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