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Original Research

Clinicians’ Perceptions of Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) Use in Patient Care in Eastern Province Hospitals in Saudi Arabia

Nouf Al-KahtaniDepartment of Health Information Management and Technology, College of Public Health, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi ArabiaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Esra Al-DhaifDepartment of Health Information Management and Technology, College of Public Health, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi ArabiaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5741-5125View further author information
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Noor AlsaihtatiDepartment of Health Information Management and Technology, College of Public Health, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi ArabiaView further author information
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Khalid FaridDepartment of Health Information Management and Technology, College of Public Health, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi ArabiaView further author information
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Suzan AlKhaterDepartment of Health Information Management and Technology, College of Public Health, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi ArabiaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7315-6581View further author information
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Pages 743-750 | Published online: 31 Mar 2021

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