A Base Plan for Tomorrow’s Patient Care Information Systems

The article is proposing a base plan for the future Patient Care Information Systems in a changing health care environment where it is necessary to assure quality patient care services and reducing cost and where new technology trends give the opportunities to develop clinical applications and services patient focused according to new business objectives.

• M. Tsirintani

• Health care management
• planning patient care information system.

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