Healthcare and technology: The doctrine of networkcentric healthcare

International Journal of Electronic Healthcare

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 322-344

  Von Lubitz, Dag ^a,b   Wickramasinghe, Nilmini ^c  

^a MedSMART Inc   (United States)

^b CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boyd; e health; Global healthcare; Healthcare; Healthcare doctrine; Healthcare operations; ICT; Networkcentric healthcare; Networkcentric warfare; OODA loop

Indexed keywords

CONCEPT ANALYSIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; TECHNOLOGY; WAR;

EID: 33748250935     PISSN: 17418453     EISSN: 17418461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijeh.2006.010440     Document Type: Review

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