Preparing the ground for the 'paperless hospital': A case study of medical records management in a UK outpatient services department

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 114-129

  Waterson, Patrick ^a   Glenn, Yolande ^a   Eason, Ken ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Bayswater Institute   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electronic patient records systems; Health information technology; Qualitative research; Sociotechnical systems

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC PATIENT RECORD SYSTEM; END-USER INVOLVEMENTS; HEALTHCARE WORKERS; INFORMATION SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION; IT INFRASTRUCTURES; MEDICAL RECORD; PAPER-BASED SYSTEM; PAPERLESS; PATIENT INFORMATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RAPID CHANGES; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS; SOCIOTECHNICAL; SOCIOTECHNICAL MODEL; SOCIOTECHNICAL SYSTEMS; TECHNICAL SYSTEMS; TEMPLATE ANALYSIS; WORKING PRACTICES;

HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALS; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MEDICAL COMPUTING; MEDICAL PROBLEMS;

RECORDS MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CODING; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; OUTPATIENT CARE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNOLOGY; WORKFLOW;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BELGIUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL;

EID: 84855787856     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: 18728243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2011.10.011     Document Type: Article

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