How are health professionals using health information exchange systems? measuring usage for evaluation and system improvement

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 3195-3204

  Vest, Joshua R ^a   Jasperson, Jon ^b  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Health information technology; Information seeking behavior; Workplace

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT CARE; WORKPLACE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INFORMATION SYSTEM; STATISTICS; TIME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TIME FACTORS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84867314807     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: 1573689X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-011-9810-2     Document Type: Article

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