title: Middleware for healthcare information systems.
abstract: Middleware is now a commonly used expression and anyone building distributed applications is referring to "middleware services". Nevertheless this notion lacks of sound theoretical foundation. This paper tries to clarify the relationship between the components of distributed environments, especially in healthcare, and to establish some classification aiming at gaining a common understanding of the functionalities and interdependency of the existing modules of distributed environments.
authors.affiliation: Division d'Informatique Médicale, Hôpital Cantonal Universitaire de Genève Genève, Suisse. stephane.spahni@dim.hcuge.ch
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Spahni
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Scherrer
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sauquet
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Sottile
mesh_terms: D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D003199:Computer Systems; D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration; D007256:Information Systems; D012984:Software / Q000639:trends