Factors associated with difficult electronic health record implementation in office practice

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 541-544

  Fleurant, Marshall ^a   Kell, Rachel ^b   Jenter, Chelsea ^c   Volk, Lynn A ^d   Zhang, Fang ^e,f   Bates, David W ^c,d,g,h   Simon, Steven R ^c,g,i  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d PARTNERS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^e HARVARD PILGRIM HEALTH CARE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f Department of Population Medicine ^*  (United States)

^g HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^h HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

ⁱ VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL STAFF; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

AMBULATORY CARE INFORMATION SYSTEMS; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 84865182528     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/amiajnl-2011-000689     Document Type: Article

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