A regional health care network: eHealth.Braunschweig domain fields and architectural challenges

Methods of Information in Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 199-209

  Gusew, N ^a   Bartkiewicz, T ^b   Bautsch, W ^b   Gerlach, A ^c   Goldapp, M ^d   Haux, R ^a   Heller, U ^b   Kierdorf, H P ^b   Kleinschmidt, T ^e   Ludwig, W ^a   Markurth, U ^f   Pfingsten Wurzburg S ^g   Plischke, M ^c   Reilmann, H ^b   Schubert, R ^f   Seidel, C ^b   Warnke, R ^h  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b Medical Center Braunschweig   (Germany)

^c BITZ   (Germany)

^d LINEAS Healthcare GmbH   (Germany)

^e Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians Lower Saxony   (Germany)

^f City Council of Braunschweig   (Germany)

^g Public Health Department of Braunschweig   (Germany)

^h Nibelungen Housing Association   (Germany)

Author keywords

Integrated Health Care Systems; Intersectoral Communication; Patient Centered Care; Regional Health Care Networks

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; COOPERATION; GEOGRAPHY; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; REGISTER; TELEMEDICINE;

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; GEOGRAPHY; GERMANY; HUMANS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REGISTRIES; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84861326424     PISSN: 00261270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3414/ME11-02-0010     Document Type: Article

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