The impact of clinical leadership on health information technology adoption: Systematic review

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 393-405

  Ingebrigtsen, Tor ^a,b,c   Georgiou, Andrew ^a   Clay Williams, Robyn ^a   Magrabi, Farah ^a   Hordern, Antonia ^a   Prgomet, Mirela ^a   Li, Julie ^a   Westbrook, Johanna ^a   Braithwaite, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Clinical competence; Decision making organisational; Diffusion of innovation; Health informatics; Information systems

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATIONS; HEALTH INFORMATICS; HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES; HEALTHCARE ORGANISATIONS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; IT PROJECT MANAGEMENTS; ORGANISATIONAL;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

CINAHL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL LEADERSHIP; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; COORDINATION; EMBASE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDLINE; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; REVIEW; SECONDARY HEALTH CARE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; STANDARDS;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE;

EID: 84900515349     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: 18728243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2014.02.005     Document Type: Review

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