International Journal of Medical Informatics
Volume 79, Issue 4 , Pages 225-231 , April 2010

Choosing the right amount of healthcare information technologies investments

  • Rodolphe Meyer

      Affiliations

    • University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
    • INSERM - U729, Paris, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: University Hospitals of Geneva, Service of Medical Informatics, 24, rue Micheli-Du-Crest, CH-1211 Genève 14, Switzerland. Tel.: +41 0 22 30 55 878.
    • ,
  • Patrice Degoulet

      Affiliations

    • Université Paris Descartes & HEGP, Paris, France
    • INSERM - U729, Paris, France
    • Address: Université Paris Descartes & HEGP, Laboratoire SPIM, 15 rue de l’école de Médecine, 75006 Paris, France.

Received 28 September 2009 ,Revised 31 December 2009 ,Accepted 4 January 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2010.01.001

International Journal of Medical Informatics
Volume 79, Issue 4 , Pages 225-231 , April 2010

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