Pilot Implementation of Health Information Systems: Issues and challenges

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Pilot Implementation of Health Information Systems : Issues and challenges. / Bansler, Jørgen P.; Havn, Erling C.

Proceedings of the Fifteenth Americas Conference on Information Systems. San Francisco, CA, 2009.

Publikation: Bidrag til bog/antologi/rapport › Konferencebidrag i proceedings › Forskning › fagfællebedømt

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Bansler, JP & Havn, EC 2009, Pilot Implementation of Health Information Systems: Issues and challenges. i Proceedings of the Fifteenth Americas Conference on Information Systems. San Francisco, CA. <http://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2009/510>

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Bansler, J. P., & Havn, E. C. (2009). Pilot Implementation of Health Information Systems: Issues and challenges. I Proceedings of the Fifteenth Americas Conference on Information Systems http://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2009/510

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Bansler JP, Havn EC. Pilot Implementation of Health Information Systems: Issues and challenges. I Proceedings of the Fifteenth Americas Conference on Information Systems. San Francisco, CA. 2009

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Bansler, Jørgen P. ; Havn, Erling C. / Pilot Implementation of Health Information Systems : Issues and challenges. Proceedings of the Fifteenth Americas Conference on Information Systems. San Francisco, CA, 2009.

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