Integrated CircuitHealth Data Cards(Smart Cards)
A Primer for Health Professionals
Technology and Health Services Delivery
Health Services Organization Unit (THS/OS)
Pan American Health Organization
Pan American Sanitary Bureau, Regional Office of the
World Health Organization
May 2003
PAHO Library Cataloguing-in-Publication
Rienhoff, Otto
Integrated Circuit Health Data Cards (Smart Cards): A Primer for HealthProfessionals
Washington, D.C.: PAHO, © 2003. 102 pagesISBN 92 75 12463 9I. Title II. Rodrigues, Roberto J. III. Piccolo, UrsulaIV. Hernandez, Antonio V. Oliveri, Nora1. MEDICAL INFORMATICS2. INFORMATION SYSTEMS3. AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING4. INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL5. HEALTH PERSONNEL NLM WA26.5.R557iISBN 92 75 12463 9
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Otto Rienhoff
Professor, Medical InformaticsDirector, Medical Informatics Department and Head of the Hospital Computer Center,Georg-August-University, Goettingen, Germany
ContributorsRoberto J. Rodrigues
Adjunct Professor, Science, Technology and International Affairs ProgramSchool of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, Washington D.C., USASenior Consultant, The Institute for Technical Cooperation in Health Inc (INTECH),Potomac MD, USA
Ursula Piccolo
Research Assistant, Medical Informatics Department Georg-August-University, Goettingen, Germany
Antonio Hernandez
Regional Advisor, Clinical Engineering and Medical DevicesPan American Health Organization/World Health OrganizationWashington D.C., USA
Nora Oliveri
President and Chief Executive Officer Fundación de Informática Médica, Miami FL, USA
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The streamlining and reduction of paper flow and traditional medical records by electronic technology solutions offer an opportunity to better balance the management of clinical and administrative data. Patient and professional “smart cards”, because of their…
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