International Journal of Medical Informatics
Volume 81, Issue 2 , Pages 73-87 , February 2012

Healthcare professionals’ adoption and use of a clinical information system (CIS) in primary care: Insights from the Da Vinci study

  • Isabelle Vedel

      Affiliations

    • Solidage, Lady Davis Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • Liette Lapointe

      Affiliations

    • Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • Marie-Thérèse Lussier

      Affiliations

    • Équipe de recherche en soins de première ligne, Centre de Santé et des Services Sociaux de Laval, Québec, Canada
    • Faculty of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine, Université de Montréal, Quebec, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Équipe de recherche en soins de première ligne, Cité de la Santé, Centre de Santé et de Services Sociaux de Laval, 1755, René-Laennec Blvd., Office # DS-075, Laval, Quebec, Canada H7M 3L9. Tel.: +1 450 668 1010x23709; fax: +1 450 975 5089.
    • ,
  • Claude Richard

      Affiliations

    • Équipe de recherche en soins de première ligne, Centre de Santé et des Services Sociaux de Laval, Québec, Canada
    • ,
  • Johanne Goudreau

      Affiliations

    • Équipe de recherche en soins de première ligne, Centre de Santé et des Services Sociaux de Laval, Québec, Canada
    • Faculty of Nursing, Université de Montréal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • Lyne Lalonde

      Affiliations

    • Équipe de recherche en soins de première ligne, Centre de Santé et des Services Sociaux de Laval, Québec, Canada
    • Faculty of Pharmacy, Université de Montréal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • Alain Turcotte

      Affiliations

    • Équipe de recherche en soins de première ligne, Centre de Santé et des Services Sociaux de Laval, Québec, Canada
    • Faculty of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine, Université de Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Received 18 August 2011 ,Revised 31 October 2011 ,Accepted 23 November 2011.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2011.11.002

International Journal of Medical Informatics
Volume 81, Issue 2 , Pages 73-87 , February 2012

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