Physician characteristics associated with early adoption of electronic medical records in smaller group practices

International Journal of Healthcare Information Systems and Informatics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 69-78

  O'Neill, Liam ^a   Talbert, Jeffery ^b   Klepack, William ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c Dryden Family Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic medical records (EMRs); EMR adoption

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; LOGISTIC REGRESSION; SURVEYS;

CHRONIC DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS (EMRS); EMR ADOPTION; KENTUCKY; PARTIAL IMPLEMENTATION; PRIMARY CARE; RURAL LOCATIONS;

MEDICAL COMPUTING;

EID: 84944677080     PISSN: 15553396     EISSN: 1555340X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jhisi.2009040105     Document Type: Article

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