Drivers and barriers in health IT adoption: A proposed framework

Applied Clinical Informatics

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 488-500

  Avgar, Ariel C ^a   Litwin, A S ^b   Pronovost, P J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health information technology; Organizations; Strategic choice; Technology adoption

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; INVESTMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; STRATEGIC CHOICE; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; ORGANIZATIONS; STRATEGIC CHOICE; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

ATTITUDE; DECISION MAKING; INVESTMENTS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS;

EID: 84884484092     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18690327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4338/ACI-2012-07-R-0029     Document Type: Review

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