A development framework for semantically interoperable health information systems

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 83-103

  Lopez, Diego M ^a   Blobel, Bernd G M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

HL7; Integrated health care systems; Model Driven Architecture; Semantic interoperability; Software process engineering; Systems analysis; Unified process

Indexed keywords

HL7; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS; SEMANTIC INTEROPERABILITY; SOFTWARE PROCESS ENGINEERING; UNIFIED PROCESS;

ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION SERVICES; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION THEORY; INFORMATION USE; INTEROPERABILITY; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SEMANTICS; STANDARDIZATION; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

FORMAL METHODS;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ENGINEERING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEMANTICS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 57549111497     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2008.05.009     Document Type: Article

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