Information Technology Prescription for Small, Medium, and Large Hospitals: : An Exploratory study of Acute Care Hospitals in Texas

International Journal of Healthcare Information Systems and Informatics

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 57-68

  Bourgeois, Stacy ^a   Prater, Edmund ^b   Slinkman, Craig ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Financial Performance; Healthcare; Information Technology; Patient Safety; Quality Assurance

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001754575     PISSN: 15553396     EISSN: 1555340X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jhisi.2009071004     Document Type: Article

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