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Integrating health information systems: a critical appraisal
1Dept. of Computer and Information Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway. eric.Monteiro@idi.ntnu.no
Methods of Information in Medicine
|October 10, 2003
Abstract
Objectives:
The aim of this paper is to critically assess some of the underlying assumptions behind these initiatives and analyze the dominant expressions, forms and mechanisms of integration.
Methods:
This paper employs a discourse analysis to elicit the notion of integration of information systems and its consequences for electronic patient record systems.
Results And Conclusions:
An alternative strategy is outlined, encouraging a more decentralized, multi-vocal approach acknowledging the productive role of related and duplicated information and preserving the existing variety of information systems.