Assessing attitudes toward electronic prescribing adoption in primary care: A survey of prescribers and staff

Informatics in Primary Care

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 177-187

  Devine, Emily Beth ^a,d   Patel, Rupa ^b   Dixon, David R ^c   Sullivan, Sean D ^d  

^a School of Pharmacy   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Electronic health records; Electronic prescribing; Primary care; Surveys

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE;

EID: 79952558189     PISSN: 14760320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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