Managing multicentre clinical trials with open source

Informatics for Health and Social Care

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 67-80

  Raptis, Dimitri Aristotle ^a   Mettler, Tobias ^b   Fischer, Michael Alexander ^a   Patak, Michael ^a   Lesurtel, Mickael ^a   Eshmuminov, Dilmurodjon ^a   De Rougemont, Olivier ^a   Graf, Rolf ^a   Clavien, Pierre Alain ^a   Breitenstein, Stefan ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^c Winterthur Canton Hospital   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Clinical trials management; Computer supported cooperative work; Content management system; Design science research; Open source

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COOPERATION; ECONOMICS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RADIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; RADIOLOGY; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84894116559     PISSN: 17538157     EISSN: 17538165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17538157.2013.812647     Document Type: Article

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