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After reading this chapter you should know the answers to these questions:

  • What is the vision and purpose of Health Information Infrastructure (HII)?

  • What kinds of impacts will HII have, and in what time periods?

  • Why is architecture so crucial to HII success?

  • What are the political and technical barriers to HII implementation?

  • What are the desirable characteristics of HII evaluation measures?

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    William A. Yasnoff MD, PhD

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    Edward H. Shortliffe

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Yasnoff, W.A. (2014). Health Information Infrastructure. In: Shortliffe, E., Cimino, J. (eds) Biomedical Informatics. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4474-8_13

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