Title :
A Data Integration Broker for Healthcare Systems
Author :
Budgen, David ; Rigby, Michael ; Brereton, Pearl ; Turner, Mark
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Durham Univ.
fDate :
4/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A prototype information broker uses a software service model to collect and integrate diverse patient data from autonomous healthcare agencies, potentially solving many problems that challenge current enterprise-based file systems
Keywords :
distributed databases; health care; medical information systems; distributed databases; enterprise-based file system; healthcare system; information broker; patient data integration broker; software service model; Aggregates; Computer architecture; Data acquisition; Distributed databases; History; Medical services; Object oriented modeling; Protection; Service oriented architecture; Testing; data management; distributed data structures; healthcare data; information networks; interoperability; software services;
DOI :
10.1109/MC.2007.112