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Kushniruk, A.W., Patel, V.L. (2005). Cognitive Approaches to the Evaluation of Healthcare Information Systems. In: Anderson, J.G., Aydin, C.E. (eds) Evaluating the Organizational Impact of Healthcare Information Systems. Health Informatics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-30329-4_6
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