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Time-critical information services

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Thomas A. Horan,

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Communications of the ACM, Volume 50, Issue 3

Pages 73 - 78

https://doi.org/10.1145/1226736.1226738

Published: 01 March 2007 Publication History

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Emergency medical services have never been more ready for the implementation of time-critical interorganizational information services for the public good.

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Communications of the ACM Volume 50, Issue 3

Emergency response information systems: emerging trends and technologies

March 2007

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DOI:10.1145/1226736

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