Providing longitudinal health care information with the new German Health Card-a pilot system to track patient pathways

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 266-271

  Marschollek, Michael ^a   Demirbilek, Edip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Competence network; Health card; Smart card; Telecare; Telematics infrastructure; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATABASE SYSTEMS; HEALTH; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; PATIENT TREATMENT;

COMPETENCE NETWORK; HEALTH CARD; SMART CARD; TELECARE; TELEMATICS INFRASTRUCTURE;

TELEMEDICINE;

ARTICLE; CHRONOLOGY; DATA BASE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM;

COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; COMPUTER SECURITY; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; CONFIDENTIALITY; DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; GERMANY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MEDICAL RECORDS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; PILOT PROJECTS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 33646025587     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2006.01.001     Document Type: Article

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