Supporting HITECH implementation and assessing lessons for the future: The role of program evaluation

Healthcare

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 4-8

  Jones, Emily B ^a   Swain, Matthew J ^a   Patel, Vaishali ^a   Furukawa, Micheal F ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Health information technology; Implementation; Performance measurement; Program evaluation; Research methods

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FOR FCONOMIC AND CLINICAL HEALTH; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84896330110     PISSN: 22130764     EISSN: 22130772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hjdsi.2013.12.015     Document Type: Article

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