A three-tier clinical information systems design model

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 57, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 91-107

  Chu, Stephen ^a   Cesnik, Branko ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Middleware services; Multi tier system design; Object oriented design; Open migration path; Reusability

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE REUSABILITY; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION SERVICES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING;

MIDDLEWARE SERVICES; MULTI-TIER SYSTEM DESIGN;

MEDICAL COMPUTING;

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PATHWAY; COMPUTER SYSTEM; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INFORMATION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNOLOGY;

CRITICAL PATHWAYS; DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0034233317     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-5056(00)00057-5     Document Type: Article

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