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What is a health information system? The literature defines health information systems (HIS) in many different ways and presents various views. Some articles focus on the organizational aspects of information processing, while others focus on the technology used. To begin with, we understand a health information system as the information processing and information storing subsystem of a health care organization, which may be a single institution, for example, a hospital, or a group of health care institutions like a health care network.
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Winter, A., Haux, R., Ammenwerth, E., Brigl, B., Hellrung, N., Jahn, F. (2010). Introduction. In: Health Information Systems. Health Informatics. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84996-441-8_1
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