EU-Project medCERTAIN: Certification and Rating of trustworthy and assessed health information on the net

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 77, Issue , 2000, Pages 279-283

  Eysenbach, Gunther ^a   Diepgen, Thomas ^a   Lampe, Kristian ^a   Brickley, Dan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; SEMANTIC WEB;

HEALTH INFORMATIONS; HIGH QUALITY INFORMATION; INFORMATION MEDIATION; INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM; RESOURCE DESCRIPTION; TECHNICAL INFRASTRUCTURE; TECHNOLOGY STRATEGIES; TRUSTED THIRD PARTIES;

HEALTH;

ARTICLE; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNET;

EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0034573849     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-60750-921-9-279     Document Type: Conference Paper

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