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Evaluating the Organizational Impact of Healthcare Information Systems

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. School of Health Information Science, University of Victoria, BC, V8W 2Y2, Canada

    Andre W. Kushniruk PhD (Associate Professor and Director)

  2. Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10032

    Vimla L. Patel PhD (Professor and Adjunct Professor of Psychology and Education)

  3. Department of Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, 10032

    Vimla L. Patel PhD (Professor and Adjunct Professor of Psychology and Education)

  4. Columbia Teachers College, New York, NY, 10027, USA

    Vimla L. Patel PhD (Professor and Adjunct Professor of Psychology and Education)

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. American College of Medical Informatics, USA

    James G. Anderson PhD (Professor of Medical Sociology, Professor of Health Communication Fellow and Co-Director of the Rural Center for AIDS/STD Prevention) (Professor of Medical Sociology, Professor of Health Communication Fellow and Co-Director of the Rural Center for AIDS/STD Prevention)

  2. Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA

    James G. Anderson PhD (Professor of Medical Sociology, Professor of Health Communication Fellow and Co-Director of the Rural Center for AIDS/STD Prevention) (Professor of Medical Sociology, Professor of Health Communication Fellow and Co-Director of the Rural Center for AIDS/STD Prevention)

  3. Nursing Research and Development, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and Burns and Allen Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA, 90048, USA

    Carolyn E. Aydin PhD (Research Scientist) (Research Scientist)

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Kushniruk, A.W., Patel, V.L. (2005). Cognitive Approaches to the Evaluation of Healthcare Information Systems. In: Anderson, J.G., Aydin, C.E. (eds) Evaluating the Organizational Impact of Healthcare Information Systems. Health Informatics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-30329-4_6

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