Electronic health record interoperability as realized in the Turkish Health Information System

Methods of Information in Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 140-149

  Dogac, Asuman ^a,b   Yuksel, M ^a,b   Avcl, A ^c   Ceyhan, B ^c   Hulur U ^c   Eryllmaz, Z ^c   Mollahaliloglu S ^c   Atbakan, E ^c   Akdag R ^c  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Software Research Development and Consultation Ltd   (Turkey)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Turkey)

Author keywords

EHealth conformance and interoperability testing; Electronic healthcare records; Health information exchange; HL7 CDA; Interoperability; Standards; UN CEFACT CCTS

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051759598     PISSN: 00261270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3414/ME10-01-0022     Document Type: Article

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