The implications of e-health system delivery strategies for integrated healthcare: Lessons from England

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Eason, Ken ^a   Waterson, Patrick ^b  

^a Bayswater Institute   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health information exchange; Information management; Integrated health care systems

Indexed keywords

EVALUATION REPORTS; HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGES; HEALTHCARE WORKERS; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; NATIONAL PROGRAMME; NATIONAL STRATEGIES; PATIENT INFORMATION; TECHNICAL STRATEGY;

DATABASE SYSTEMS; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL DATA PROCESSING; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

MEDICAL COMPUTING;

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; ELECTRONIC HEALTH SYSTEM; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; EMERGENCY CARE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSE; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84877002707     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: 18728243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2012.11.004     Document Type: Article

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