Electronic patient information systems and care pathways: The organisational challenges of implementation and integration

Health Informatics Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 176-188

  Dent, Mike ^a   Tutt, Dylan ^b  

^a STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

e health systems; hybrid; institutional logics; integrated care pathways; nursing; path dependency

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PATHWAY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MASS COMMUNICATION; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

CRITICAL PATHWAYS; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; ENGLAND; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STATE MEDICINE; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION;

EID: 84907319350     PISSN: 14604582     EISSN: 17412811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1460458213518545     Document Type: Article

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