Understanding information exchange in healthcare operations: Evidence from hospitals and patients

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 36, Issue , 2015, Pages 201-214

  Dobrzykowski, David D ^a   Tarafdar, Monideepa ^b  

^a RUTGERS BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coordination; Electronic Health Records; Health IT; Hospital operations; IT use; PACS; Physician employment; Social ties; Vertical integration

Indexed keywords

COORDINATION REACTIONS; DIGITAL STORAGE; EMPLOYMENT; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; RECORDS MANAGEMENT;

COORDINATION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; HEALTH IT; HEALTH RECORDS; HOSPITAL OPERATIONS; IT USE; PHYSICIAN EMPLOYMENT; SOCIAL TIES; VERTICAL INTEGRATION;

HOSPITALS;

EID: 84939985738     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: 18731317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jom.2014.12.003     Document Type: Article

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