Guidelines for computer security in general practice

Informatics in Primary Care

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 73-82

  Schattner, Peter ^a   Pleteshner, Catherine ^b   Bhend, Heinz ^c   Brouns, Johan ^d,e  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Swiss Society of General Medicine   (Switzerland)

^d Domus Medica IT   (Belgium)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Computer security; General practice; Guidelines

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SECURITY; DATA ANALYSIS; E-MAIL; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDLINE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 34547908853     PISSN: 14760320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14236/jhi.v15i2.645     Document Type: Article

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