New tools for an old trade: A socio-technical appraisal of how electronic decision support is used by primary care practitioners

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1002-1018

  Peiris, David ^a   Usherwood, Tim ^b   Weeramanthri, Tarun ^c   Cass, Alan ^a,b   Patel, Anushka ^a,b  

^a GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical guidelines; Electronic decision support; Primary care; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; AUSTRALIA; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PILOT PROJECTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOLOGY;

EID: 80455164714     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2011.01361.x     Document Type: Article

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