Going digital: Adoption of electronic health records in assisted living facilities

Journal of Applied Gerontology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 494-504

  Holup, Amanda A ^a   Dobbs, Debra ^a   Temple, April ^b   Hyer, Kathryn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

assisted living facility; electronic health record; health information technology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY; CASE MIX; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL STAFF; PILOT STUDY; RESIDENTIAL CARE; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; ACCESS TO INFORMATION; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; AGED; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH FACILITY ADMINISTRATORS; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84899699259     PISSN: 07334648     EISSN: 15524523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0733464812454009     Document Type: Article

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