A web-based hospital-acquired infection surveillance information system

Proceedings of the IEEE/EMBS Region 8 International Conference on Information Technology Applications in Biomedicine, ITAB

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Tseng, Yi Ju ^a   Chen, Yee Chun ^b   Lin, Hui Chi ^b   Wu, Jung Hsuan ^a   Chen, Ming Yuan ^b   Lai, Feipei ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DATA; ENTRY POINT; HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS; HETEROGENEOUS PLATFORMS; HOSPITAL ACQUIRED INFECTION; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFECTION CONTROL; LABORATORY INFORMATION SYSTEM; MAKING DECISION; MEDICAL CENTER; REAL TIME; SERVICE ORIENTED; SURVEILLANCE INFORMATION; SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; USER FRIENDLY INTERFACE;

HOSPITALS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; SERVICE ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE (SOA); TECHNOLOGY; USER INTERFACES;

WEB SERVICES;

EID: 79951663732     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ITAB.2010.5687808     Document Type: Conference Paper

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