Adoption of information technology in primary care physician offices in New Zealand and Denmark, Part 3: Medical record environment comparisons

This is the third in a series of five papers about the use of computing technology in general practitioner (GP) practices in Denmark and New Zealand. This paper looks at the environments within which electronic medical records (EMRs) operate, including their functionality and the extent to which ele...

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Published inInformatics in primary care Vol. 16; no. 4; pp. 285 - 290
Main Authors Protti, Denis, Bowden, Tom, Johansen, Ib
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT 2008
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Denmark
Diffusion of Innovation
electronic health records
electronic medical records system
evaluation and comparison
medical and health informatics
Medical Records Systems, Computerized - utilization
New Zealand
Physicians' Offices
Physicians, Family
New Zealand
Denmark
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ISSN1476-0320
2058-4555
2058-4563
DOI10.14236/jhi.v16i4.704

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Summary:This is the third in a series of five papers about the use of computing technology in general practitioner (GP) practices in Denmark and New Zealand. This paper looks at the environments within which electronic medical records (EMRs) operate, including their functionality and the extent to which electronic communications are used to send and receive clinical information. It also introduces the notion of a longitudinal electronic health record (versus an EMR).
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ISSN:1476-0320
2058-4555
2058-4563
DOI:10.14236/jhi.v16i4.704