The socio-technical organisation of community pharmacies as a factor in the Electronic Prescription Service Release Two implementation: A qualitative study

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Harvey, Jasmine ^a,b   Avery, Anthony J ^b   Waring, Justin ^b   Barber, Nick ^c  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community pharmacy; EPS2; Socio technical; Work practice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MASS COMMUNICATION; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHARMACY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TECHNOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; ENGLAND; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHARMACIES; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATE MEDICINE; TECHNOLOGY;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84871242780     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-471     Document Type: Article

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