Adoption, use, and impact of e-booking in private medical practices: Mixed-methods evaluation of a two-year showcase project in Canada

JMIR Medical Informatics

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Paré, Guy ^a   Trudel, Marie Claude ^a   Forget, Pascal ^b  

^a HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

Author keywords

E booking; Medical practices; Missed appointments; Mixed methods evaluative study; Primary care

Indexed keywords

EID: 85099693052     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22919694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/medinform.3669     Document Type: Article

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