Why is it difficult to achieve e-health systems at scale?

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 540-550

  Williams, Robin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

domestication of ICTs; e Health; ICTs; organisational studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84954424196     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2015.1118521     Document Type: Article

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