Incorporating collaboratory concepts into informatics in support of translational interdisciplinary biomedical research

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 10-21

  Lee, E Sally ^a   McDonald, David W ^a   Anderson, Nicholas ^a   Tarczy Hornoch, Peter ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics; Biomedical informatics; Collaboration; Collaboratories; Computer supported collaborative work; Social and technical issues

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL INFORMATICS; COLLABORATION; COLLABORATORIES; COMPUTER SUPPORTED COLLABORATIVE WORK; SOCIAL AND TECHNICAL ISSUES;

BIOINFORMATICS; COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; COORDINATION REACTIONS; GROUPWARE; INTEGRATION; METADATA; PLANNING; RESEARCH;

SECURITY OF DATA;

BIOINFORMATICS; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 57649103857     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2008.06.011     Document Type: Review

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