Electronic Medical Record (EMR) technology acceptance by healthcare professionals in South Africa

PICMET 2014 - Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology, Proceedings: Infrastructure and Service Integration

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 3539-3548

  Mammen, Anju ^a   Weeks, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; MEDICAL COMPUTING;

ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD(EHR) SYSTEM; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS; HEALTHCARE HOSPITALS; HEALTHCARE SERVICES; TECHNOLOGICAL SYSTEM; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE; TECHNOLOGY IMPLEMENTATION;

HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84910114783     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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