A health information network for managing innercity tuberculosis: Bridging clinical care, public health, and home care

Computers and Biomedical Research

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 67-76

  Hripcsak, George ^e   Knirsch, Charles A ^a,b   Jain, Nilesh L ^e   Stazesky Jr , Richard C ^c   Pablos Mendez, Ariel ^a,b   Fulmer, Terry ^d  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^c VISITING NURSE SERVICE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Computer communication networks; Computer assisted; Decision making; Public health; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER NETWORK; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; INFORMATION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0032996349     PISSN: 00104809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cbmr.1998.1496     Document Type: Article

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