Physicians’ and nurses’ reactions to electronic medical records:Managerial and occupational implications

Journal of Health Organization and Management

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 349-359

  Darr, Asaf ^a   Harrison, Michael I ^b   Shakked, Leora ^a   Shalom, Nira ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Computers; Hospital management; Israel; Medical information systems; Medical personnel

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986058158     PISSN: 14777266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14777260310505129     Document Type: Article

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