title: Health information systems: requirements and characteristics.
abstract: This chapter gives an educational overview of: * The purpose of health information systems (HIS). * The characteristics of health information systems for the future. * System interoperability as an essential feature in a modern HIS. * Why user requirements must be established before an HIS is designed. * How to transform a requirements specification into a request for tender.
authors.affiliation: School of Computing, Bundaberg Campus, Queensland, Australia. a.schlotzer@cqu.edu.au
authors.forename: Angelika
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schlotzer
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Madsen
mesh_terms: D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D016730:Program Development; D012984:Software; D018511:Systems Integration