Inter-organisational communication networks in healthcare: Centralised versus decentralised approaches

International Journal of Integrated Care

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Pirnejad, Habibollah ^a   Bal, Roland ^a   Stoop, Arjen P ^b   Berg, Marc ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Healthcare communication network; ICT; Integrated care; Interoperability; IT integration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939539400     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15684156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5334/ijic.185     Document Type: Article

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