A novel system architecture for the national integration of electronic health records: A semi-centralized approach

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Aljarullah, Asma ^a   El Masri, Samir ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Distributed EHR; EHR integration; Electronic health records; Medical record linkage; Semi centralized EHR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; DATA BASE; DATA MINING; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ESTONIA; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTEGRATION; INTERNET; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NETHERLANDS; NEW ZEALAND; ONLINE ANALYTICAL PROCESSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER SECURITY; COMPUTER SYSTEM; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; PRIVACY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER SECURITY; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; PRIVACY; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION;

EID: 84878948803     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: 1573689X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-013-9953-4     Document Type: Article

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