title: Concerted actions for an interoperable health telematics platform in Germany.
abstract: In Germany many commitments have been made to build a telematics infrastructure. The Centre for Telematics in Healthcare first published the concept for such a platform in 2001. This concept is introduced amongst others and information is given about the actions and initiatives of the last two years in Germany.
authors.affiliation: Zentrum für Telematik im Gesundheitswesen GmbH, Campus Fichtenhain, Krefeld, Germany. j.sembritzki@ztg-nrw.de
authors.forename: Jürgen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sembritzki
mesh_terms: D005858:Germany; D008491:Medical Informatics Applications; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards