Special Section: Assessing Information Technologies for Health: Health Technology Assessment

E. Ammenwerth; Managing Editor for the IMIA Yearbook Section on Assessing Information Technologies for Health

doi:10.1055/s-0038-1638474

Yearbook of Medical Informatics, Table of Contents

Yearb Med Inform 2006; 15(01): 16-19
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1638474

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Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart

Special Section: Assessing Information Technologies for Health: Health Technology Assessment

Findings from the Section on Assessing Information Technologies for Health

E. Ammenwerth

¹UMIT - University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology; Hall in Tyrol, Austria

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Managing Editor for the IMIA Yearbook Section on Assessing Information Technologies for Health

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Medical Informatics - International Medical Informatics Association - Yearbook - evaluation - health technology assessment

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