Hospital readiness for health information exchange: Development of metrics associated with successful collaboration for quality improvement

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Korst, Lisa M ^a,b   Aydin, Carolyn E ^c   Signer, Jordana M K ^b   Fink, Arlene ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Langley Research Institute   (United States)

^c BURNS AND ALLEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health information exchange; Leadership; Organizational capacities; Quality improvement; Safety culture

Indexed keywords

HEALTH INFORMATIONS; LEADERSHIP; ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITIES; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SAFETY CULTURE;

BENCHMARKING; HEALTH; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; SAFETY FACTOR; SURVEYS;

HOSPITALS;

ARTICLE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL READINESS; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NURSING CARE; ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 79960107724     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: 18728243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2011.01.010     Document Type: Article

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