Design and multicentric implementation of a generic software architecture for patient recruitment systems re-using existing his tools and routine patient data

Applied Clinical Informatics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 264-283

  Trinczek, B ^a   Kopcke F ^b   Leusch, T ^c   Majeed, R W ^d   Schreiweis, B ^e   Wenk, J ^f   Bergh, B ^e   Ohmann, C ^f   Rohrig R ^d   Prokosch, H U ^b   Dugas, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^d JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^f HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clinical trials as topic; Hospital information systems; Patient identification systems; Patient selection; Software architecture

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA BASE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; PATIENT SELECTION;

DATABASES AS TOPIC; GERMANY; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84901283833     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18690327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4338/ACI-2013-07-RA-0047     Document Type: Article

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