Management of E-health networks for disease control: A global perspective

HEALTHCOM 2007: Ubiquitous Health in Aging Societies - 2007 9th International Conference on e-Health Networking, Application and Services

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 52-57

  Hinske, S ^b,c   Ray, P ^a,d,e  

^a IEEE

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

E health; Framework; Information and communication technology; Pandemic control; Public health

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; DISEASE CONTROL; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; HEALTH CARE;

E-HEALTH; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; PANDEMIC CONTROL; PUBLIC HEALTH;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 34748831819     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HEALTH.2007.381602     Document Type: Conference Paper

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