Worldwide network-centric healthcare operations and the associated telecommunications infrastructure

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

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 174-181

  Von Lubitz, Dag ^a,b   Patricelli, Frédéric ^c,d   Palma, Pasquale ^d  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MedSMART Inc   (United States)

^c ICTEK Worldwide   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

e government; e health; Healthcare access; Healthcare administration; IC2T; ICT; Information technology; IP Multimedia sub system (IMS); Less developed countries (LDC); Network centric operations; Network centricity; Telecommunications

Indexed keywords

AUDIO ACOUSTICS; GRID COMPUTING; HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS;

E-GOVERNMENT; E-HEALTH; HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION; IP MULTIMEDIA SUBSYSTEM (IMS); LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES (LDC); NETWORK CENTRICITY; NETWORK-CENTRIC OPERATIONS;

TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY;

EID: 34848902598     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HEALTH.2007.381625     Document Type: Conference Paper

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