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The Promise of Enterprise Architecture for Global Health Informatics

Author: Rada Hussein

Published in: Journal of Medical Systems | Issue 7/2017

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Title: The Promise of Enterprise Architecture for Global Health Informatics
Author: Rada Hussein
Publication date: 01-07-2017
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Medical Systems / Issue 7/2017
Print ISSN: 0148-5598
Electronic ISSN: 1573-689X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10916-017-0756-x

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