title: Integrating information systems in medicine: a reference model for middleware.
abstract: This paper addresses the problem of integrating healthcare information systems, from a technological viewpoint. We propose to take the concept of an ¿integration service' as an elementary concept in discussing the problem of integration. We then propose a taxonomy for grouping integration services according to their functionality and their domain specificity. The use of this taxonomy for decomposing an integration problem into (less complex) sub-problems is demonstrated. Finally, a sequence of steps to be taken in solving an integration problem is discussed.
authors.affiliation: HISCOM bv, Leiden, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Toussaint
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Bakker
authors.forename: L P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Groenewegen
mesh_terms: D003205:Computing Methodologies; D006801:Humans; D007256:Information Systems; D012984:Software; D012985:Software Design; D018511:Systems Integration