Implementation of an emergency department computer system: Design features that users value

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 693-700

  Batley, Nicholas J ^a   Osman, Hibah O ^a   Kazzi, Amin A ^a   Musallam, Khaled M ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

computerized medical record system; emergency medicine; hospital information systems; medical informatics; software design

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOFTWARE DESIGN; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 83655182944     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2010.05.014     Document Type: Article

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