First do no harm: a standard for electronic communication in healthcare.
This paper summarizes recent work on the application of document processing technology, specifically, Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) to the problems of electronic exchange of healthcare related information. It includes a short description of the HL7 SGML SIG and current work on SGML standards for healthcare information exchange.
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Word Electric, East Thetford, Vermont, USA. liora@the-word-electric.com
D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D006801:Humans; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D008498:Medical Record Linkage / Q000592:standards*; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000592:standards*; D012015:Reference Standards; D012984:Software