Varieties of interoperability in the transformation of the health-care information infrastructure

IBM Systems Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 19-41

  Eckman, Barbara A ^a   Bennett, Craig A ^a   Kaufman, James H ^b   Tenner, Jeffrey W ^a  

^a IBM   (United States)

^b IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL DATA PROCESSING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

HEALTH-CARE INFORMATION EXCHANGE (HIE);

INTEROPERABILITY;

EID: 33947150516     PISSN: 00188670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1147/sj.461.0019     Document Type: Article

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