Physicians' assessment of the value of clinical information: Operationalization of a theoretical model

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1884-1891

  Grad, Roland ^a   Pluye, Pierre ^a   Granikov, Vera ^b   Johnson Lafleur, Janique ^b   Shulha, Michael ^b   Sridhar, Soumya Bindiganavile ^b   Moscovici, Jonathan L ^b   Bartlett, Gillian ^a   Vandal, Alain C ^c   Marlow, Bernard ^d   Kloda, Lorie ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Information Technology Primary Care Research Group (ITPCRG)   (Canada)

^c AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^d Professional Development and Practice Support   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHODS; CLINICAL INFORMATION; COMMERCIAL ELECTRONICS; EMPIRICAL DATA; HEALTH OUTCOMES; KNOWLEDGE RESOURCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PRIMARY HEALTHCARE; THEORETICAL MODELS; APPLICATION MODELING; THEORETICAL MODELING;

HAND HELD COMPUTERS; HEALTH CARE; RATING;

INFORMATION USE;

EID: 80052721808     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.21590     Document Type: Article

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