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The Background zone aims to provide
information on the clinical and technical
context to the field of computer-based clinical knowledge management and decision support.
We also cover the political context: public strategy reports and national strategies and reports related to the use of
information and communication technologies on healthcare, and particularly
recent mainly governement-initiated moves in many countries to implement computerised health information infrastructures.
Reports and policy documents
commissioned and/or published
by government bodies, national and regional health organisations etc.
on topics with implications for the field of clinical
knowledge management technologies and applications.
Topics include
patient safety, quality of care, e-health, decision support and medical terminologies.
The knowledge Management and Healthcare context
Knowledge management
Topic areas
Briefing Papers