Individualization, globalization and health - about sustainable information technologies and the aim of medical informatics

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 75, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 795-808

  Haux, Reinhold ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Health informatics; Health information systems; Health enabling technologies; Medical informatics

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL DATA PROCESSING; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

HEALTH ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES; HEALTH INFORMATICS; HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

ARTICLE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DECISION TREES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS APPLICATIONS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS COMPUTING; REFERENCE BOOKS; SOCIETIES, SCIENTIFIC; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 33750744781     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2006.05.045     Document Type: Article

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