Knowledge Management: The key to network-centric healthcare

International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 342-352

  Wickramasinghe, Nilmini ^a   Bali, R K ^b  

^a ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Faculty of Engineering and Computing   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

E health; Global healthcare; Healthcare; Healthcare management; Healthcare operations; Healthcare technology; ICT; KM; Knowledge Management; Network centric healthcare

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE; HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; NETWORK-CENTRIC HEALTHCARE;

HOSPITAL DATA PROCESSING;

EID: 78649877295     PISSN: 17526418     EISSN: 17526426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBET.2008.016966     Document Type: Article

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