International Journal of Medical Informatics
Volume 75, Issue 3 , Pages 268-281 , March 2006

Health information systems – past, present, future

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☆ Written, extended version of an invited lecture, given at the Plenary Session of the Conference EuroMISE 2004 on April 14, 2004, in the Aula Magna of Charles University at Prague, Czech Republic. The conference was organized by the European Centre for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology (EuroMISE Centre), chaired by Professor Jana Zvarova. At this time, the author was Rector, President, of UMIT, the University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology at Innsbruck, Austria (http://www.umit.at).

PII: S1386-5056(05)00159-0

doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2005.08.002

International Journal of Medical Informatics
Volume 75, Issue 3 , Pages 268-281 , March 2006

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