Electronic Health Records in Long-Term Care: Staff Perspectives

Journal of Applied Gerontology

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 1175-1196

  Meehan, Rebecca ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

electronic health record; health information technology; long term care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; INTESTINE; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NURSE; ORGANIZATION; SOFTWARE; STAFF TRAINING; SUBACUTE CARE; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; NURSES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85029008716     PISSN: 07334648     EISSN: 15524523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0733464815608493     Document Type: Review

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