Is healthpathways effective? An online survey of hospital clinicians, general practitioners and practice nurses

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 128, Issue 1408, 2015, Pages 36-46

  McGeoch, Graham ^a   McGeoch, Peter ^a   Shand, Brett ^a  

^a Canterbury District Health Board   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANGE MANAGEMENT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NURSE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANK SUM TEST; SECONDARY HEALTH CARE; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INFORMATION SERVICE; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMPUTER LITERACY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 84930278674     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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