An investigation into health informatics and related standards in China

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 76, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 614-620

  Zhang, Yuhai ^a   Xu, Yongyong ^a   Shang, Lei ^a   Rao, Keqin ^b  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

China; Health informatics; Health information system; Standard

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

HEALTH INFORMATICS; HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEM; LANGUAGE PROBLEMS;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

ARTICLE; ETHICS; FINANCIAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION;

CHINA; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS;

EID: 34249912900     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2006.05.003     Document Type: Article

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