The use of information technologies for knowledge sharing by secondary healthcare organisations in New Zealand

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 500-506

  Ali, Nor'ashikin ^a   Whiddett, Dick ^a   Tretiakov, Alexei ^a   Hunter, Inga ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Hospitals, public; Information seeking behaviours; Knowledge management; Medical informatics applications; New Zealand

Indexed keywords

CHAT ROOMS; CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS; ELECTRONIC DISCUSSIONS; ELECTRONIC FORMS; EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; EXPLICIT KNOWLEDGE; HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS; INFORMATION SEEKING; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS APPLICATIONS; NEW ZEALAND; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; REPEATED MEASURES; RESPONSE RATE; SELF-ADMINISTERED QUESTIONNAIRE; SHARE KNOWLEDGE; SOCIAL MEDIA; TACIT KNOWLEDGE; VIDEOCONFERENCING FACILITIES;

ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT EXCHANGE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SURVEYS; VIDEO CONFERENCING;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; E-MAIL; ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEW ZEALAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL MEDIA; STATISTICS; TELECONFERENCE; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; NEW ZEALAND; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84862128347     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: 18728243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2012.02.011     Document Type: Article

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