International Journal of Medical Informatics
Volume 79, Issue 3 , Pages 211-222 , March 2010

Critical areas of national electronic health record programs—Is our focus correct?

  • Eva Deutsch

      Affiliations

    • Core Unit for Medical Statistics and Informatics, Medical University of Vienna, Spitalgasse 23, 1090 Vienna, Austria
    • IBM Global Business Services Healthcare, IBM Austria, Obere Donaustrasse 95, 1020 Vienna, Austria
    • ,
  • Georg Duftschmid

      Affiliations

    • Core Unit for Medical Statistics and Informatics, Medical University of Vienna, Spitalgasse 23, 1090 Vienna, Austria
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +43 1 40400 6696.
    • ,
  • Wolfgang Dorda

      Affiliations

    • Core Unit for Medical Statistics and Informatics, Medical University of Vienna, Spitalgasse 23, 1090 Vienna, Austria

Received 2 March 2009 ,Revised 7 December 2009 ,Accepted 13 December 2009.

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PII: S1386-5056(09)00190-7

doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2009.12.002

International Journal of Medical Informatics
Volume 79, Issue 3 , Pages 211-222 , March 2010

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