Organizational challenges in developing one of the nationwide health information network trial implementation awardees

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 933-940

  Dobalian, Aram ^a,b   Claver, Maria L ^a,c   Pevnick, Joshua M ^d   Stutman, Harris R ^e   Tomines, Alan ^b,f,g   Fu Jr , Paul ^b,f,g  

^a VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e MILLER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g LOS ANGELES BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency medical services; Health informatics; Medical; Medical record, electronic; Organizational systems; Technology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARDS AND PRIZES; COMPUTER NETWORK; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PATIENT INFORMATION; UNITED STATES; CONFIDENTIALITY; ECONOMICS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION SERVICE; LEADERSHIP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

AWARDS AND PRIZES; CALIFORNIA; CONFIDENTIALITY; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; LEADERSHIP; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863188666     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: 1573689X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-010-9557-1     Document Type: Article

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