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Designed to fit : tailored technologies for medical practitioners

Creator:

de Brum, Silvina

Abstract:

Although electronic medical records systems (EMR) present promising benefits, they have not yet been widely adopted. A problem facing many EMR are that they are disruptive technologies; their complex hardware and software are not designed to account for the clinicians' characteristics and needs, thus, demanding a steep learning curve and...

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Masters Thesis

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Practitioners Abstract approved: Carmen D. Steggell Although electronic medical records
Systems evaluation of the Guatemalan eye care project – Enfoque Ixcan : barriers and avenues for providing eye care services to rural Guatemala

Creator:

Terhes, Amanda Foshay

Abstract:

This thesis evaluates the programs, activities, and relationships of Enfoque Ixcan, a non-profit eye care project providing services to a rural area of Guatemala. I conducted ethnographic interviews with key stakeholders of the organization and carried out participant observation in the Ixcan region of Guatemala in February 2006. The research...

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Masters Thesis