International Journal of Medical Informatics
Volume 79, Issue 5 , Pages 349-360 , May 2010

Socio-technical considerations in epilepsy electronic patient record implementation

  • Louise Mc Quaid

      Affiliations

    • Epilepsy Programme, Department of Neurology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, Ireland
    • ,
  • Patricia Breen

      Affiliations

    • Epilepsy Programme, Department of Neurology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, Ireland
    • ,
  • Jane Grimson

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Health Informatics, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
    • ,
  • Charles Normand

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Policy and Management, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
    • ,
  • Mary Dunne

      Affiliations

    • I.T. Department, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
    • ,
  • Norman Delanty

      Affiliations

    • Epilepsy Programme, Department of Neurology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, Ireland
    • ,
  • Dipak Kalra

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Health Informatics and Multiprofessional Education, University College London, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Mary Fitzsimons

      Affiliations

    • Epilepsy Programme, Department of Neurology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, Ireland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +353 1 8092212; fax: +353 1 7974726.

Received 16 June 2009 ,Revised 24 January 2010 ,Accepted 24 January 2010.

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International Journal of Medical Informatics
Volume 79, Issue 5 , Pages 349-360 , May 2010

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