International Journal of Medical Informatics
Volume 75, Issue 3 , Pages 191-200 , March 2006

Towards shared patient records: An architecture for using routine data for nationwide research

  • Petra Knaup

      Affiliations

    • University of Heidelberg, Department of Medical Informatics, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +49 6221 567398.
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  • Sebastian Garde

      Affiliations

    • Central Queensland University, Faculty of Informatics and Communication, Rockhampton, Qld. 4702, Australia
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  • Angela Merzweiler

      Affiliations

    • SRH Learnlife AG, Lempenseite 55, D-69168 Wiesloch, Germany
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  • Norbert Graf

      Affiliations

    • University Hospital of the Saarland, Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Homburg, Germany
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  • Freimut Schilling

      Affiliations

    • Olgahospital Stuttgart, Pediatrics 5 (Oncology, Hematology, and Immunology), Bismarckstr. 8, D-70176 Stuttgart, Germany
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  • Ralf Weber

      Affiliations

    • University of Heidelberg, Coordination Center for Clinical Trials, Im Neuenheimer Feld 221, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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  • Reinhold Haux

      Affiliations

    • Technical University of Braunschweig, Institute for Medical Informatics, Mühlenpfordtstraße 23, D-38106 Braunschweig, Germany

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doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2005.07.020

International Journal of Medical Informatics
Volume 75, Issue 3 , Pages 191-200 , March 2006

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