Healthcare knowledge transfer through a web 2.0 portal: An Austrian approach

International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management

Volumn 11, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 13-30

  Steininger, Katharina ^a   Rückel, David ^a   Dannerer, Ewald ^b   Roithmayr, Friedrich ^a  

^a JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^b St Vincent's Hospital Linz   (Austria)

Author keywords

Austria; E health; E knowledge; Health 2.0; Health information portal; Healthcare knowledge transfer; Hospital portal; Knowledge management; Patient orientation; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

AUSTRIA; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; ONLINE SYSTEM; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; REVIEW; WEB BROWSER;

EID: 77952608912     PISSN: 13682156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJHTM.2010.033272     Document Type: Review

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