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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

E-health care information systems : an introduction for students

and professionals / Joseph Tan, editor.

          p. ; cm.

   Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

   ISBN-13 978-0-7879-6618-8 (alk. paper)

   ISBN-10 0-7879-6618-5 (alk. paper)

  1. Medical informatics. 2. Medical telematics. 3. Public health—Information services. 4. Medicine—Communication systems.

   [DNLM: 1. Delivery of Health Care—methods. 2. Information Systems. 3. Computer Communications Networks. 4. Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted. 5. Public Health Informatics. W 26.55.I4 E33 2005] I. Tan, Joseph K. H.

   R858.E25 2005

   025.06'61—dc22

          2004022987

Printed in the United States of America

FIRST EDITION

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