Special issue on human factors and the implementation of health information technology (HIT): Comparing approaches across nations

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 277-280

  Waterson, Patrick ^a   Hoonakker, Peter L T ^b   Carayon, Pascale ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTERIZED PROVIDER ORDER ENTRY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DATA BASE; DENMARK; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDITORIAL; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FUNDING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN FACTORS RESEARCH; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWITZERLAND; TELEHEALTH; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

HUMANS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84876997496     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: 18728243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2013.01.001     Document Type: Editorial

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