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Boundary Infostructures for Chronic Disease. Edition No. 1
VDM Publishing House, Sep 2008, Pages: 192
Boundary infostructures aim to enable pragmatic
interoperability so the intended effect of a
communication is the same as its actual effect. They
are built from networks of boundary objects. These
are objects that are flexible enough to be used in
more than one context and to communicate between
contexts. They include terminology systems,
information architecture standards, and
repositories. In this age of eHealth and chronic
disease management, we need tools to mediate
learning at the boundary between and among different
communities of practice. Topic maps are used to
represent the boundary infostructures and provide a
common point of reference for clinicians, health
informaticians, administrators, medical educators
and patients. This work illustrates how a boundary
infostructure was constructed and how it improved
communication about patients with chronic disease.
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