Search for: [Description = "A fundamental pre\-requisite for the establishment of a scaleable regional health information network \(RHIN\) is the development of an architectural framework and tools for the integration of specialized autonomous systems and e\-health service platforms supported by an underlying health information infrastructure \(HII\). In this context, HYGEIAnet, which is the RHIN of Crete in Greece, has identified and utilized a number of critical software components enabling integrated access to clinically significant information, based on an open architecture addressing successfully the various interoperability challenges at hand. HYGEIAnet provides the framework for the reuse of standardized common components and public interfaces, thus enabling integrated and personalized delivery of healthcare."]