Same organization, same electronic health records (EHRs) system, different use: Exploring the linkage between practice member communication patterns and EHR use patterns in an ambulatory care setting

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 382-391

  Lanham, Holly Jordan ^a,b,c   Leykum, Luci K ^a,b   McDaniel, Reuben R ^c  

^a SOUTH TEXAS VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL ASSISTANT; NURSE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

EID: 84862618384     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/amiajnl-2011-000263     Document Type: Article

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