The long road to semantic interoperability in support of public health: Experiences from two states

Journal of Biomedical Informatics

Volumn 49, Issue , 2014, Pages 3-8

  Dixon, Brian E ^a,b,c   Vreeman, Daniel J ^d   Grannis, Shaun J ^d  

^a Indiana University   (United States)

^b REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Infectious disease reporting; Meaningful use; Medical informatics; Public health informatics; Public policy

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REIMBURSEMENT; STANDARD; SEMANTICS;

MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEMANTICS;

EID: 84902544777     PISSN: 15320464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbi.2014.03.011     Document Type: Note

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