Web Services in National Healthcare: The Impact of Public and Private Collaboration

International Journal of Technology and Human Interaction (IJTHI)

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 48-61

  Guah, Matthew W ^a   Currie, Wendy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

IS acceleration in healthcare; national healthcare IS strategy; Web services in healthcare

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001574917     PISSN: 15483908     EISSN: 15483916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jthi.2005040103     Document Type: Article

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