Outsourcing in the healthcare industry: Information technology, intellectual property, and allied aspects

Information Resources Management Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-26

  Gupta, Amar ^a   Goyal, Raj K ^b   Joiner, Keith A ^a   Saini, Sanjay ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY;

BROAD SPECTRUM; COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY; HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY; HEALTHCARE SERVICES; LEGAL ASPECTS; OFF SITES;

MEDICAL COMPUTING;

EID: 70249128050     PISSN: 10401628     EISSN: 15337979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/irmj.2008010101     Document Type: Article

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