International Journal of Medical Informatics
Volume 79, Issue 9 , Pages 623-636 , September 2010

The electronic locum record for general practitioners: Outcome of an evaluation study in the Netherlands

  • Adrie C.M. Dumay

      Affiliations

    • The Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), Department Quality of Life, The Netherlands
    • Centre for Innovation and Public Sector Efficiency Studies, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: TNO Quality of Life, PO Box 2215, 2301 CE Leiden, The Netherlands. Tel.: +31 71 5181677; fax: +31 71 5181918.
    • ,
  • Timber I. Haaker

      Affiliations

    • Novay, Department Networked Enterprises, The Netherlands

Received 1 September 2009 ,Revised 8 May 2010 ,Accepted 4 June 2010.

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PII: S1386-5056(10)00112-7

doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2010.06.001

International Journal of Medical Informatics
Volume 79, Issue 9 , Pages 623-636 , September 2010

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