Why certification of medical software would be useful?

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 143-151

  Forsström, Jari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Decision support systems; Evaluation of software; Legislation; Medical devices

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION SERVICES; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; WIDE AREA NETWORKS;

INTERNET; MEDICAL SOFTWARE;

MEDICAL COMPUTING;

COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERNET; LAW; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REGISTRATION; REVIEW;

EID: 0031413752     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-5056(97)00098-1     Document Type: Article

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