Understanding contrasting approaches to nationwide implementations of electronic health record systems: England, the USA and Australia

Journal of Healthcare Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 25-41

  Morrison, Zoe ^a   Robertson, Ann ^a   Cresswell, Kathrin ^a   Crowe, Sarah ^b   Sheikh, Aziz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electronic health records; Implementation; Information technology; International approaches

Indexed keywords

EID: 80055116761     PISSN: 20402295     EISSN: 20402309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/2040-2295.2.1.25     Document Type: Review

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