Practical development of re-usable terminologies: GALEN-IN-USE and the GALEN Organisation

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 48, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 71-84

  Rector, Al ^a   Rossi, A ^a   Consorti, Mori F ^a   Zanstra, P ^a  

^a GALEN Organisation   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electronic healthcare record; GALEN IN USE; Re usable terminologies

Indexed keywords

HOSPITAL DATA PROCESSING; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; TERMINOLOGY;

ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; REUSABLE TERMINOLOGIES;

HEALTH CARE;

COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EXPERT SYSTEMS; GREAT BRITAIN; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING; SOFTWARE; TERMINOLOGY; VOCABULARY, CONTROLLED;

EID: 0032005553     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-5056(97)00113-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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