Meeting user needs in national healthcare systems: Lessons from early adopter community pharmacists using the electronic prescriptions service

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Harvey, Jasmine ^a   Avery, Anthony J ^a   Hibberd, Ralph ^b   Barber, Nicholas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electronic prescription service release two; Healthcare ICT; Social informatics in healthcare; Usability; User experience; User centric approaches

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHARMACY; PUBLIC HEALTH; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; ENGLAND; HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS;

EID: 84899058140     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-14-16     Document Type: Article

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