Barriers against adoption of Electronic Health Record in Italy

Journal of Healthcare Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 509-526

  Bonacina, Stefano ^a   Marceglia, Sara ^a,b   Pinciroli, Francesco ^a,c  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barriers to EHR adoption; Computerized; Delphi like approach; Electronic health record; Pragmatic framework

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864086020     PISSN: 20402295     EISSN: 20402309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/2040-2295.2.4.509     Document Type: Article

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