Integration as interdependent workaround

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Ellingsen, Gunnar ^a   Monteiro, Eric ^b   Røed, Kristoffer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Escalation; Inertia; Information infrastructure; Integration; Workaround

Indexed keywords

DEGREE OF COMPLEXITY; DISPARATE SYSTEMS; ESCALATION; INERTIA; INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURES; INTEGRATED SYSTEMS; IT SUPPORTS; WORKAROUND;

BIOINFORMATICS; INTEGRATION;

HEALTH CARE;

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTEGRATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION;

EID: 84876970108     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: 18728243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2012.09.004     Document Type: Article

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