title: Setting the scene for the IMIA Working Group 10 working conference expanding HIS: fading boundaries.
abstract: This article contains the text that was sent to all invited speakers as a general introduction to the working conference. Besides this general introduction, each invited speaker received a short description of the intended interpretation of the subject assigned to him.
authors.affiliation: BAZIS Foundation, Leiden, Netherlands.
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Bakker
mesh_terms: D003906:Developing Countries; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D011873:Radiology Information Systems; D018511:Systems Integration