Emerging ICT implementation issues in aged care

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 84, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 892-900

  Kapadia, Vasvi ^a   Ariani, Arni ^a   Li, Junhua ^b   Ray, Pradeep K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b HammondCare ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Adoption; Aged care; ICT; Implementation

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING;

ADOPTION; AGED CARE; AGING POPULATION; HEALTH PROFESSIONALS; ICT; IMPLEMENTATION; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW;

INFORMATION USE;

AGING; CONFIDENTIALITY; DOCUMENTATION; FUNDING; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INVESTMENT; LEADERSHIP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; WORKFLOW; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOME FOR THE AGED; INDEPENDENT LIVING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TELEMEDICINE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84942550555     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: 18728243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2015.07.002     Document Type: Review

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