Architectural approach to ehealth for enabling paradigm changes in health

Methods of Information in Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 123-134

  Blobel, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Knowledge representation; Ontology; Personal health; Se mantic interoperability; System architecture; Ubiquitous care; Universal logic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SEMANTICS; SPECIALIZATION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SEMANTICS; SPECIALIZATION; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION;

EID: 77949865235     PISSN: 00261270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3414/ME9308     Document Type: Article

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