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Published on: November 30, 2022
1Amnon Shabo (Shvo), Healthcare and Life Sciences, IBM Haifa Research lab, Haifa University Campus, Haifa 3498825, Israel,
Abstract:
This article is part of a Focus Theme of Methods of Information in Medicine on Health Record Banking. This Focus Theme aims at describing the Health Record Banking (HRB) paradigm, which offers an alternative constellation of health information exchange and integration through sustainability of health records over the lifetime of individuals by independent and trusted organizations. It also aims at describing various approaches to HRB and reporting on the state-of-the-art HRB through actual implementations and lessons learned, as described in articles of this Focus Theme.
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