Approaches for certification of electronic prescription software

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 175-182

  Niinimäki, Jaakko ^a   Forsström, Jari ^b  

^a Satakunta Hospital District   (Finland)

^b TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Certification of software; Data security; Drug prescription; Evaluation of software; Smart card

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; DRUG THERAPY; HEALTH CARE; SECURITY OF DATA; SMART CARDS;

ELECTRONIC PRESCRIPTION SOFTWARE;

MEDICAL COMPUTING;

CERTIFICATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFIDENTIALITY; HEALTH CARE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0344589349     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-5056(97)00101-9     Document Type: Article

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