Architectural approaches for HL7-based health information systems implementation

Methods of Information in Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 196-204

  Lopez D M ^a,b   Blobel, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL CAUCA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

HL7; J2EE; Middleware; Semantic interoperability; System architectures; Systems integration

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER LANGUAGE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SEMANTICS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; SEMANTICS; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION;

EID: 77949779915     PISSN: 00261270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3414/ME09-02-0012     Document Type: Article

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