MediCoordination: A practical approach to interoperability in the swiss health system

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 150, Issue , 2009, Pages 210-214

  Müller, Henning ^a,b   Schumacher, Michael ^b   Godel, David ^b   Omar, Abu Khaled ^b   Mooser, Francois ^b   Ding, Sandrine ^b  

^a Children's Hospital of Geneva   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

eHealth strategy; Health data exchange; Interoperability

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL DATA PROCESSING; HOSPITALS;

CARE PROCESS; GLOBAL SOLUTIONS; HEALTH DATA; HEALTH SYSTEMS; HEALTH-CARE SYSTEM; INFORMATION EXCHANGES; POLITICAL PROCESS; REGIONAL SCALE;

INTEROPERABILITY;

CONFERENCE PAPER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SWITZERLAND; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; SWITZERLAND; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION;

EID: 72249099755     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-60750-044-5-210     Document Type: Conference Paper

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