Users perspectives of key factors to implementing electronic health records in Canada: A Delphi study

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  McGinn, Carrie Anna ^a   Gagnon, Marie Pierre ^b,c   Shaw, Nicola ^d   Sicotte, Claude ^e   Mathieu, Luc ^f   Leduc, Yvan ^c   Grenier, Sonya ^b   Duplantie, Julie ^c   Abdeljelil, Anis Ben ^b   Légaré, France ^b,c  

^a INSTITUT DE RÉADAPTATION EN DÉFICIENCE PHYSIQUE DE QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d ALGOMA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adoption factors; Delphi technique; Electronic health record; Health communication technology; Health information technology; Implementation factors; Medical informatics

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSENSUS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DELPHI STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; CANADA; CONSENSUS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMANS; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84865986304     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-12-105     Document Type: Article

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