Emergency healthcare process automation using workflow technology and web services

Medical Informatics and the Internet in Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 195-207

  Poulymenopoulou, M ^a   Malamateniou, F ^b   Vassilacopoulos, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

^b Univ of Patras   (Greece)

Author keywords

Emergency healthcare; Web services; Workflow systems

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER SYSTEM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL SERVICE; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INTERNET; ONLINE SYSTEM;

AMBULANCES; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GREECE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION;

EID: 84860408439     PISSN: 14639238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14639230310001617841     Document Type: Article

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