Public attitudes about health information technology, and its relationship to health care quality, costs, and privacy

Health Services Research

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 920-938

  Gaylin, Daniel S ^a,b   Moiduddin, Adil ^b   Mohamoud, Shamis ^b   Lundeen, Katie ^a   Kelly, Jennifer A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b University of Chicago   (United States)

Author keywords

attitudes; health care surveys; health knowledge; Medical informatics; practice; public opinion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIVACY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC OPINION; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955610747     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2010.01233.x     Document Type: Article

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