Design and implementation of a telecare information platform

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1629-1650

  Li, Shing Han ^a   Wang, Ching Yao ^b   Lu, Wen Hui ^a   Lin, Yuan Yuan ^b   Yen, David C ^c  

^a TATUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^c MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care; Health Level Seven (HL7); Service Oriented Architecture (SOA); Telecare

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL; COMMUNITY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMPLOYEE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; TAIWAN; TELECARE;

COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; HEALTH LEVEL SEVEN; HUMANS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; TAIWAN; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84864075059     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: 1573689X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-010-9625-6     Document Type: Article

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