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Barriers and Resistance to Informatics in Behavioral Health Care

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Behavorial Healthcare Informatics

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Susan Harding stood by the coffee machine early one Monday, taking in a megadose of caffeine—the traditional drug of choice for computer types. As the project leader for the implementation of the new practice management system for the Gotham Center for Behavioral Health, she was contemplating the typically hectic week ahead. Her thoughts were interrupted by the loud and rather excited voice of Dan St. James, a middle-aged therapist in the practice, talking to someone out in the hall.

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Riley, R.T., Lorenzi, N.M., Dewan, N.A. (2002). Barriers and Resistance to Informatics in Behavioral Health Care. In: Dewan, N.A., Lorenzi, N.M., Riley, R.T., Bhattacharya, S.R. (eds) Behavorial Healthcare Informatics. Health Informatics Series. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-21586-0_11

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