Telecommunications infrastructure for worldwide networkcentric healthcare operations and the associated information system

International Journal of Business and Systems Research

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 34-51

  Von Lubitz, Dag ^a   Patricelli, Frédéric ^b   Palma, Pasquale ^c  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Al Bader Bldg 2342   (Bahrain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

E health; Healthcare; IMS; Information technology; IP Multimedia Subsystem; Networkcentricity; Telecommunications

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954343764     PISSN: 1751200X     EISSN: 17512018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBSR.2008.018119     Document Type: Article

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