Investigating the Challenges and Opportunities in Home Care to Facilitate Effective Information Technology Adoption

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 53-58

  Koru, Güneş ^a   Alhuwail, Dari ^a   Topaz, Maxim ^b   Norcio, Anthony F ^a   Mills, Mary Etta ^c  

^a University of Marylandw Baltimore County   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Health information technology; Home care agencies; Home care quality; Home care workflows

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FAMILY COUNSELING; FINANCIAL DEFICIT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STAFF TRAINING; TELEHEALTH; UNITED STATES; WORKFLOW; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMPUTER SECURITY; CONFIDENTIALITY; EDUCATION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; INTERVIEW; MASS COMMUNICATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; TELEMEDICINE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMPUTER SECURITY; CONFIDENTIALITY; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84955169279     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2015.10.008     Document Type: Article

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