Factors Affecting the Sustainability of Information Technology Applications in Health Care
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Biomedical informatics is a relatively new field; sustainability of information technology applications has not been studied in detail. We examined what factors contribute to sustainability in other fields (ecology, construction materials, business, primary health care, and environment and development). We describe some aspects of sustainability that can be applied to biomedical informatics: effectiveness, efficiency, financial viability, reproducibility, and portability.
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- AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings. AMIA Symposium
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تاریخ انتشار 2003