Analysis and evaluation of the Electronic Health Record standard in China: A comparison with the American national standard ASTM E 1384

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 555-561

  Xu, Wei ^a   Guan, Zhiyu ^b   Cao, Hongxin ^a   Zhang, Haiyan ^b   Lu, Min ^a   Li, Tiejun ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

ASTM E 1384 Standard; Chinese EHR Standard; Electronic Health Record (EHR); ISO IEC 11179; ISO TS 18308

Indexed keywords

ASTM E 1384 STANDARD; CHINESE EHR STANDARD; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; ISO/IEC; ISO/TS 18308;

ARCHITECTURE; DATA STRUCTURES; HEALTH; MATERIALS TESTING; RECORDS MANAGEMENT;

STANDARDIZATION;

AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARD; ARTICLE; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SECURITY; CONCEPT MAPPING; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

CHINA; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960046869     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: 18728243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2011.05.003     Document Type: Article

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