Integrating health information systems: a critical appraisal.
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OBJECTIVES The aim of this paper is to critically assess some of the underlying assumptions behind these initiatives and analyze the dominant expressions, forms and mechanisms of integration. METHODS This paper employs a discourse analysis to elicit the notion of integration of information systems and its consequences for electronic patient record systems. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS An alternative strategy is outlined, encouraging a more decentralized, multi-vocal approach acknowledging the productive role of related and duplicated information and preserving the existing variety of information systems.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Methods of information in medicine
دوره 42 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2003