What stands in the way of technology-mediated patient safety improvements? A study of facilitators and barriers to physicians' use of electronic health records

Journal of Patient Safety

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 193-203

  Holden, Richard J ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

barriers; electronic health records; facilitators; health information technology; technology acceptance and use

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SAFETY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; OUTPATIENTS; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIANS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 81855201755     PISSN: 15498417     EISSN: 15498425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PTS.0b013e3182388cfa     Document Type: Article

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