EHR systems in the spanish public health national system: The lack of interoperability between primary and specialty care

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  De La Torre Díez, Isabel ^a   González, Sandra ^a   López Coronado, Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Electronic health records (ehrs); Hospitals; Interoperability; Public health national system

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; COMPETENCE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; MEDLINE; POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH NATIONAL SYSTEM; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SPAIN; COMPUTER NETWORK; HUMAN; MEDICINE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HUMANS; MEDICINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SPAIN; STATE MEDICINE; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION;

EID: 84872115453     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: 1573689X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-012-9914-3     Document Type: Article

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