Facilitating the evolution of electronic healthcare networks: framing the changing socio-technical system

International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management

Volumn 3, Issue 5-6, 2001, Pages 366-385

  de Moor, Aldo ^a   Peterson, Ryan R ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

change norms; change processes; Electronic network organisations; ontologies; reference models; rheumatology; socio technical systems; stakeholders; workflow modelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346403655     PISSN: 13682156     EISSN: 17415144     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijhtm.2001.001117     Document Type: Article

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