Implementing standards for the interoperability among healthcare providers in the public regionalized Healthcare Information System of the Lombardy Region

Journal of Biomedical Informatics

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 736-745

  Barbarito, Fulvio ^a   Pinciroli, Francesco ^b   Mason, John ^a   Marceglia, Sara ^b   Mazzola, Luca ^b   Bonacina, Stefano ^b  

^a Direzione Generale CRS SISS   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Health information systems; Health standards; HL7; Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise; Interoperability; Life long personal health record

Indexed keywords

HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH STANDARDS; HL7; INTEGRATING THE HEALTHCARE ENTERPRISE; PERSONAL HEALTH RECORD;

HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALS; INDUSTRY; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RADIOLOGY; SPECIFICATIONS; STANDARDS;

INTEROPERABILITY;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; ITALY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; STANDARDIZATION; TECHNOLOGY; WORKFLOW;

ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; ITALY; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION;

EID: 84863320896     PISSN: 15320464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbi.2012.01.006     Document Type: Article

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