Disparate systems, disparate data: Integration, interfaces, and standards in emergency medicine information technology

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1142-1148

  Barthell, Edward N ^a,b   Coonan, Kevin ^a   Finnell, John ^a   Pollock, Dan ^a   Cochrane, Dennis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Infinity Health Care   (United States)

Author keywords

emergency medicine; informatics; information management

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSENSUS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTEGRATED ADVANCED INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 7444236005     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2004.08.008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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