Towards a healthcare interoperability framework based on medical business artifacts, social networks, and communities of healthcare professionals

Author First name, Last name, Institution

Zakaria Maamar, Zayed University
Youcef Baghdadi, Sultan Qaboos University

Document Type

Book Chapter

Source of Publication

Handbook of Research on E-Business Standards and Protocols: Documents, Data and Advanced Web Technologies

Publication Date

12-1-2012

Abstract

This chapter looks into the challenges facing healthcare Information Systems interoperability from a technological perspective and how to address some of these challenges using three concepts, namely medical artifacts, social networks, and communities. Medical artifacts represent chunks of information that healthcare practitioners act upon and exchange as part of their daily activities. Social networks reflect interactions occurring between these practitioners when performing joint activities. Finally, communities illustrate pockets of expertise capable of collaborating with respect to pre-defined protocols. © 2012, IGI Global.

DOI Link

10.4018/978-1-4666-0146-8.ch034

ISBN

9781466601468

Publisher

IGI Global

First Page

754

Last Page

767

Disciplines

Computer Sciences | Medicine and Health Sciences

Scopus ID

84899328477

Recommended Citation

Maamar, Zakaria and Baghdadi, Youcef, "Towards a healthcare interoperability framework based on medical business artifacts, social networks, and communities of healthcare professionals" (2012). All Works. 3692.
https://zuscholars.zu.ac.ae/works/3692

Indexed in Scopus

yes

Open Access

no