title: First do no harm: a standard for electronic communication in healthcare.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Word Electric, East Thetford, Vermont, USA. liora@the-word-electric.com
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Alschuler
mesh_terms: 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