An open, interoperable, and scalable prehospital information technology network architecture

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 149-157

  Landman, Adam B ^a,b,c   Rokos, Ivan C ^d   Burns, Kevin ^b   Van Gelder, Carin M ^b   Fisher, Roger M ^e   Dunford, James V ^f   Cone, David C ^b   Bogucki, Sandy ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^d OLIVE VIEW UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Affairs Medical Center San Diego   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer communication networks; emergency medical services; emergency medical services communication systems; information management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIVACY; TIME; UNITED STATES; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; PATIENT CARE; PRIVACY; TIME; UNITED STATES; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 79952273540     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10903127.2010.534235     Document Type: Article

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