Adoption of electronic health records in Korean tertiary teaching and general hospitals

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 196-203

  Yoon, Dukyong ^a   Chang, Byung Chul ^b,c   Kang, Seong Weon ^d,e   Bae, Hasuk ^f   Park, Rae Woong ^a,c  

^a Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c The Korean Society of Medical Informatics   (South Korea)

^d Seoul Women University   (South Korea)

^e Korean Research Institute of Medical Informatics   (South Korea)

^f Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Electronic health records; Health care surveys; Health information technologies

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EHR SYSTEMS; ELECTRONIC FUNCTIONALITY; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; FINANCIAL ASPECTS; FINANCIAL SUPPORT; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; MAINTENANCE COST; P-VALUES; RESPONSE RATE; SURVEY DATA; TERTIARY TEACHING;

HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; RECORDS MANAGEMENT; SURVEYS;

HOSPITALS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTERIZED PROVIDER ORDER ENTRY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; KOREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; PRACTICE MANAGEMENT, MEDICAL; REPUBLIC OF KOREA;

EID: 84856961402     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: 18728243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2011.12.002     Document Type: Article

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