Developing a National-Level Concept Dictionary for EHR Implementations in Kenya

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 216, Issue , 2015, Pages 780-784

  Keny, Aggrey ^a   Wanyee, Steven ^b   Kwaro, Daniel ^c   Mulwa, Edwin ^d   Were, Martin C ^a,e  

^a ACADEMIC MODEL PROVIDING ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE AMPATH   (Kenya)

^b International Training and Education Centre (ITECH) Kenya   (Kenya)

^c Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Kenya   (Kenya)

^d KEMRI UCSF Family AIDS Care and Education Services (FACES)   (Kenya)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Concept dictionary; Developing Countries; Electronic Health Records; Terminology

Indexed keywords

BIOINFORMATICS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; RECORDS MANAGEMENT; SEMANTICS; TERMINOLOGY;

COLUMBIA; CONCEPT DICTIONARIES; DICTIONARY MANAGEMENT; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; NATIONAL LEVEL; SEMANTIC INTEROPERABILITY; TERMINOLOGY STANDARDS; WORKING GROUPS;

HEALTH;

ADOPTION; COLOMBIA; COORDINATION; CUSTODIAL CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; KENYA; MODEL; NOMENCLATURE; TELEHEALTH; WORKFLOW; BOOK; CAPACITY BUILDING; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; STANDARDS;

CAPACITY BUILDING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DICTIONARIES, MEDICAL; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; KENYA; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84951937677     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-61499-564-7-780     Document Type: Conference Paper

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