The application of the unified modeling language in object-oriented analysis of healthcare information systems

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 383-397

  Aggarwal, Vinod ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic medical record; Healthcare information systems; Object oriented analysis; Unified modeling language; User requirements

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER LANGUAGE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RECORD; MODEL; PHYSICIAN; REVIEW; ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS APPLICATIONS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; SOFTWARE; UNITED STATES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 0036776789     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016449031753     Document Type: Review

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