The internal value of mobile computing in Emergency Medical Services: An Australian case study

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Burley, Liz ^a   Scheepers, Helana ^b   Owen, Libby ^c  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Metropolitan Ambulance Service

Author keywords

Case study; Emergency medical services; Healthcare systems; IT investment evaluation; Mobile computing

Indexed keywords

CASE STUDY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS; IT INVESTMENT EVALUATION; MOBILE SYSTEMS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; MOBILE DEVICES; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; VIDEO STREAMING;

MOBILE COMPUTING;

EID: 51449120335     PISSN: 15301605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2008.446     Document Type: Conference Paper

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