Challenges, alternatives, and paths to sustainability for health information exchange efforts

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Vest, Joshua R ^a   Campion, Thomas R ^a   Kaushal, Rainu ^a,b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Governance; Health information exchanges; Policy; Public health; Regulatory issues

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INFORMATION SCIENCE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION EXCHANGE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; HEALTH SERVICE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE; HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84885502982     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: 1573689X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-013-9987-7     Document Type: Article

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