Success criteria for electronic medical record implementations in low-resource settings: A systematic review

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 479-488

  Fritz, Fleur ^a   Tilahun, Binyam ^a   Dugas, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electronic medical record; Hospital information system; Implementation; Low resource setting; Success criteria

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO CHANGE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; POLITICS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; TUBERCULOSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; MASS COMMUNICATION; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION;

EID: 84934280456     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jamia/ocu038     Document Type: Article

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