Scaling of an information system in a public healthcare market-Infrastructuring from the vendor's perspective

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Johannessen, Liv Karen ^a,b   Obstfelder, Aud ^b   Lotherington, Ann Therese ^c  

^a DIPS ASA ^*  (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c NORD UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Computerized Physician Order Entry System; Information infrastructures; Innovation; Norwegian health system

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED PHYSICIAN ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HEALTH SYSTEMS; INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURES; INTERPRETIVE APPROACHES; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATIONS; PROCESS OF EVOLUTION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS;

COMMERCE; INNOVATION; RESEARCH;

HEALTH CARE;

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COST; FUNDING; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; LABORATORY TEST; MARKET; MISCELLANEOUS NAMED GROUPS; NORWAY; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCALE UP; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; VENDOR;

COMMERCE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PUBLIC SECTOR;

EID: 84876988881     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: 18728243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2012.09.005     Document Type: Article

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