Infection preventionists' awareness of and engagement in health information exchange to improve public health surveillance

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 787-792

  Dixon, Brian E ^a,b,c   Jones, Josette F ^a   Grannis, Shaun J ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer assisted decision making; Computerized medical records systems; Epidemiology; Public health informatics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL PRACTITIONER; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SERVICE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; ONLINE SYSTEM;

COMPUTER ASSISTED DECISION MAKING; COMPUTERIZED MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AWARENESS; CROSS INFECTION; HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION CONTROL PRACTITIONERS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84883277227     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2012.10.022     Document Type: Article

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