Implementing computerised Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health checks in primary care for clinical care and research: A process evaluation

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Spurling, Geoffrey Kp ^a,b   Askew, Deborah A ^a,b   Schluter, Philip J ^a,c   Hayman, Noel E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health; Computerised medical record systems; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STANDARD; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84884316241     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-13-108     Document Type: Article

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