Electronic healthcare: Issues and challenges

International Journal of Electronic Healthcare

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 50-65

  Sharma, Sushil K ^a   Xu, Huinan ^b   Wickramasinghe, Nilmini ^c   Ahmed, Nazim ^a  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Cleveland State University   (United States)

Author keywords

e health; Internet related healthcare; Online healthcare; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

CLIENT SERVER APPLICATION; COMPUTER SECURITY; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONSUMER; COOPERATION; DATA BASE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ELECTRONIC HEALTHCARE; EXTRANET; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INFORMATION SERVICE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; INVESTMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIVACY; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; STANDARD; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TELEHEALTH; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 33645120479     PISSN: 17418453     EISSN: 17418461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEH.2006.008693     Document Type: Review

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