The Introduction of an Electronic Patient Care Information System and Health Care Providers’ Job Stress:: A Mixed-Methods Case Study

International Journal of Healthcare Information Systems and Informatics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 35-48

  Wallace, Jean E ^a   Friesen, Steven P ^a   White, Deborah E ^a   Gilmour, Janet G ^a   Lemaire, Jane B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electronic Health Records; Health Care Provider Stress; Mixed Methods; Patient Care Information System (PCIS); Quality of Care

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001837276     PISSN: 15553396     EISSN: 1555340X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jhisi.2010100103     Document Type: Article

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