Cross-institutional data exchange using the clinical document architecture (CDA)

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 74, Issue 2-4, 2005, Pages 245-256

  Müller, Marcel Lucas ^a   Ückert, Frank ^b   Bürkle, Thomas ^c   Prokosch, Hans Ulrich ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Automatic data processing; Computer communication networks; Computer security; Hospital information systems; Medical informatics applications; Medical record linkage; Medical records systems; Software design

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; HOSPITALS; PATIENT TREATMENT; SECURITY OF DATA;

CLINICAL DOCUMENT ARCHITECTURE (CDA); ELECTRONIC DISCHARGE LETTERS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD (EHR); ELECTRONIC PATIENT RECORD (EPR);

HEALTH CARE;

ARCHITECTURE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ELECTRONICS; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL SECURITY;

GERMANY; HEALTH FACILITIES; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION;

EID: 13444261962     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2004.09.005     Document Type: Article

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