On the evolution of process-oriented approaches for healthcare workflows

International Journal of Business Process Integration and Management

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 224-246

  Russo, Alessandro ^a   Mecella, Massimo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

ACM; Adaptive case management; Care pathways; Clinical guidelines; Healthcare workflows; Knowledge intensive processes; PAISs; Process modelling and management; Process aware information systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885644064     PISSN: 17418763     EISSN: 17418771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBPIM.2013.056962     Document Type: Article

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