Information Infrastructures within European Health Care: Working with the Installed Base

This book consolidates experiences from across Europe on the design, development, implementation and evolution of inter-organisational information infrastructures for healthcare. It provides insights with practical relevance for those involved or interested in the planning and implementation of such...

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Main Author: Polyxeni Vassilakopoulou (auth)
Other Authors: Miria Grisot (auth), Margunn Aanestad (auth), Ole Hanseth (auth)
Format: Book Chapter
Published: Springer Nature 2017
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