The impacts of smart cards on hospital information systems - An investigation of the first phase of the national health insurance smart card project in Taiwan

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 173-181

  Liu, Chien Tsai ^a   Yang, Pei Tun ^a,b   Yeh, Yu Ting ^a   Wang, Bin Long ^b  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Health insurance cards; Hospital information systems; Patient data cards; Smart cards

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER HARDWARE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITALS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; SMART CARDS;

HEALTH INSURANCE CARDS; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PATIENT DATA CARDS;

HEALTH CARE;

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL SERVICE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TAIWAN;

DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; TAIWAN;

EID: 31544431779     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2005.07.022     Document Type: Article

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