A methodology for reliability analysis in health networks

IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 377-386

  Spyrou, Stergiani ^a   Bamidis, Panagiotis D ^a   Maglaveras, Nicos ^a   Pangalos, George ^a   Pappas, Costas ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Customer behaviormodel graph (CBMG); Health information systems; Regional health care networks; Reliability

Indexed keywords

FAILURE ANALYSIS; HIDDEN MARKOV MODELS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; UNIFIED MODELING LANGUAGE;

CUSTOMER BEHAVIOR MODEL GRAPH (CBMG); REGIONAL HEALTH CARE NETWORKS;

HEALTH CARE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNITY CARE; EVALUATION; GREECE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICAL AUDIT; METHODOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; GREECE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 44449110663     PISSN: 10897771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TITB.2007.905125     Document Type: Article

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