Using HIT to deliver integrated care for the frail elderly in the UK: Current barriers and future challenges

Work

Volumn 41, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages 4490-4493

  Waterson, Patrick ^a   Eason, Ken ^b   Tutt, Dylan ^c   Dent, Mike ^d  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Bayswater Institute   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Care coordination; health information technology; integrated care; sociotechnical system

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PATHWAY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; METHODOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FRAIL ELDERLY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84859814941     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2012-0750-4490     Document Type: Conference Paper

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