Lessons from the Canadian national health information technology plan for the United States: Opinions of key Canadian experts

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 453-459

  Zimlichman, Eyal ^a   Rozenblum, Ronen ^a   Salzberg, Claudia A ^a   Jang, Yeona ^b   Tamblyn, Melissa ^c   Tamblyn, Robyn ^d   Bates, David W ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CANCER CARE ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; DIGITAL IMAGING; ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NATIONAL HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PLAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SAMPLE SIZE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANADA; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH PLANNING; HUMANS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; POLICY MAKING; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862632106     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/amiajnl-2011-000127     Document Type: Article

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