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"The United States' healthcare industry consumes roughly 20% of the gross national product per year. This huge expenditure not only represents a large portion of the country's collective interests, but also an enormous amount of medical information. This book examines the special issu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rada, R. (Roy), 1951-
Corporate Author: NetLibrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hershey : IGI Pub., [2008]
Subjects:
Medicine > United States > Data processing.
Medical care > United States > Data processing.
Information storage and retrieval systems > Medicine > United States.
Information Systems > United States.
Delivery of Health Care > United States.
Health Care Sector > United States.
Information Storage and Retrieval > United States.
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Summary:"The United States' healthcare industry consumes roughly 20% of the gross national product per year. This huge expenditure not only represents a large portion of the country's collective interests, but also an enormous amount of medical information. This book examines the special issues related to the collection, disbursement, and integration of various data within the healthcare system."--Provided by publisher.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:xv, 362 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781599046532 (electronic bk.)
1599046539 (electronic bk.)