Virtual health/electronic medical record: Current status and perspective

International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 257-274

  Hough, Charles B H ^a   Chen, Jason C H ^b   Lin, Binshan ^c  

^a Rockwood Clinic   (United States)

^b GONZAGA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinic; Electronic medical record (EMR); Healthcare; HIPAA; Information technology (IT); Internet; Virtual health record (VHR)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CAPITAL; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMPETITION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT INFORMATION; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 16844375705     PISSN: 13682156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJHTM.2005.006523     Document Type: Article

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