Proposing an intelligent cloud-based electronic health record system

International Journal of Business Data Communications and Networking

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 57-71

  Khansa, Lara ^a   Forcade, Jonathan ^a   Nambari, Girivaraprasad ^a   Parasuraman, Saravanan ^a   Cox, Patrick ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical decision support system; Cloud computing; Electronic health record system; Health insurance portability and accountability act of 1996 (HIPAA); Privacy; Security

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD SYSTEMS; HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACTS; HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS; IDENTITY AND ACCESS MANAGEMENTS; SECURITY; SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENTS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CLOUD COMPUTING; DATA PRIVACY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH INSURANCE;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84877914835     PISSN: 15480631     EISSN: 1548064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jbdcn.2012070104     Document Type: Article

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