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 15th Americas Conference on Information Systems. 2009. p. Paper 510.

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Bansler, JP & Havn, EC 2009, Pilot Implementation of Health Information Systems: Issues and challenges. in Proceedings of the 15th Americas Conference on Information Systems. pp. Paper 510. <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. In Proceedings of the 15th Americas Conference on Information Systems (pp. Paper 510) http://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2009/510/

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Bansler JP, Havn EC. Pilot Implementation of Health Information Systems: Issues and challenges. In Proceedings of the 15th Americas Conference on Information Systems. 2009. p. Paper 510

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Bansler, Jørgen P. ; Havn, Erling C. / Pilot Implementation of Health Information Systems: Issues and challenges. Proceedings of the 15th Americas Conference on Information Systems. 2009. pp. Paper 510

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