Medical Informatics: An Emerging Academic Discipline and Institutional Priority

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 263, Issue 8, 1990, Pages 1114-1120

  Greenes, Robert A ^a   Shortliffe, Edward H ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SCIENCE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH;

CAREER CHOICE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS APPLICATIONS; NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE (U.S.); RESEARCH; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TRAINING SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0025058602     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1990.03440080092030     Document Type: Article

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