Examining the evidence of the impact of health information technology in primary care: An argument for participatory research with health professionals and patients

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 654-661

  Bélanger, Emmanuelle ^a   Bartlett, Gillian ^a   Dawes, Martin ^b   Rodríguez, Charo ^a   Hasson Gidoni, Ifat ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c MEDICAL CORPS   (Israel)

Author keywords

Information technology; Patient health outcomes; Personal health records; Primary care

Indexed keywords

HEALTH OUTCOMES; HEALTH PROFESSIONALS; HIGH QUALITY; METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH; OPTIMAL DESIGN; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PATIENT HEALTH; PERSONAL HEALTH RECORD; PRIMARY CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; RESEARCH;

MEDICAL COMPUTING;

DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; PATIENTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84866178313     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: 18728243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2012.07.008     Document Type: Review

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