A systemic description of service flows in traditional Chinese medicine

  • Yung Hsiu Lin
  • , Sophie Huey Ming Guo
  • , Chien Hsiung Lin
  • , Tsai Ya Lai
  • , Her Kun Chang*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Traditional Chinese Medicine can be viewed as a health promotion and healing system that has been practice, based on both philosophy and practical experience, for thousands of years. Although this medicine is crucial in the information of integrative medicine, lack of methodology and experience sharing mechanisms has impeded the development of this specific branch of medicine. This study adopts a systematic approach to describe service flows in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Following a literature review, specialist meetings and field observations are conducted to gather opinions from different perspectives. A conceptual framework was created to describe entities involved in service flows for Tradition Chinese Medicine and their inter-relationships. The framework can be used to clarify the abstract knowledge of this medicine which can contribute to the development of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2012 IEEE 14th International Conference on e-Health Networking, Applications and Services, Healthcom 2012
Pages78-81
Number of pages4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
Event2012 IEEE 14th International Conference on e-Health Networking, Applications and Services, Healthcom 2012 - Beijing, China
Duration: 10 10 201213 10 2012

Publication series

Name2012 IEEE 14th International Conference on e-Health Networking, Applications and Services, Healthcom 2012

Conference

Conference2012 IEEE 14th International Conference on e-Health Networking, Applications and Services, Healthcom 2012
Country/TerritoryChina
CityBeijing
Period10/10/1213/10/12

Keywords

  • Traditional Chinese Medicine
  • service description
  • service flow
  • systemic approach

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