Guest Editorial—Towards E-Health Interoperability: Challenges, Perspectives and Solutions
Craig E. Kuziemsky1,
Norm Archer2, and
Liam Peyton 3
1. University of Ottawa, Telfer School of Management, Ottawa, Canada
2. McMaster University, DeGroote School of Business, Hamilton, Ontario
3. University of Ottawa, School of Information Technology and Engineering, Ottawa, Ontario
2. McMaster University, DeGroote School of Business, Hamilton, Ontario
3. University of Ottawa, School of Information Technology and Engineering, Ottawa, Ontario
Healthcare needs to be more efficient and provide more services with the same or fewer resources. Our aging population and increased occurrences and survival with chronic diseases threaten to put a strain on our already overloaded healthcare system. When healthcare makes the news it is frequently bad news about prolonged waits in emergency wards, increased surgical wait times and patients unable to obtain basic medical services such as a family physician.
Index Terms—eHealth, interoperability, healthcare system
Cite: Craig E. Kuziemsky, Norm Archer and Liam Peyton, "Guest Editorial—Towards E-Health Interoperability: Challenges, Perspectives and Solutions," Journal of Emerging Technologies in Web Intelligence, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 107-109, November 2009. doi:10.4304/jetwi.1.2.107-109
Index Terms—eHealth, interoperability, healthcare system
Cite: Craig E. Kuziemsky, Norm Archer and Liam Peyton, "Guest Editorial—Towards E-Health Interoperability: Challenges, Perspectives and Solutions," Journal of Emerging Technologies in Web Intelligence, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 107-109, November 2009. doi:10.4304/jetwi.1.2.107-109
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