Requirements for and Barriers towards Interoperable eHealth Technology in Primary Care

IEEE Internet Computing

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 10-19

  Nijeweme D'Hollosy, Wendy Oude ^a   Van Velsen, Lex ^b   Huygens, Martine ^c   Hermens, Hermie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b ROESSINGH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

eHealth; health information exchange; HIE; Internet Web technologies; interoperability; primary healthcare

Indexed keywords

EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; HEALTH CARE;

E-HEALTH APPLICATIONS; EHEALTH; EHEALTH TECHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS; HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGES; HIE; IT INFRASTRUCTURES; PRIMARY HEALTHCARE;

INTEROPERABILITY;

EID: 84934299790     PISSN: 10897801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MIC.2015.53     Document Type: Article

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