Leveraging social network analysis to improve the implementation of evidence-based practices and systems in healthcare

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Arling, Priscilla A ^a   Doebbeling, Bradley N ^b   Fox, Rebekah L ^c  

^a BUTLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION; INTEGRATED FRAMEWORKS; SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS; SOCIAL NETWORKS; SYSTEMATIC RESEARCH;

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; SYSTEMS SCIENCE;

MEDICAL COMPUTING;

EID: 79952946697     PISSN: 15301605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2011.285     Document Type: Conference Paper

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