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interoperability in e-Health. However, there is a lack of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
working solutions that are applicable in actual healthcare
settings. Existing studies tend to be focused up to the point This work was supported by NRF(National Research
of developing the frameworks. Empirical evidence that go Foundation of Korea) Grant funded by the Korean
beyond validated simulations or pilot studies to demonstrate Government(NRF-2016-Fostering Core Leaders of the
how these frameworks practically work in supporting e- Future Basic Science Program/Global Ph.D. Fellowship
Health stakeholders’ activities are missing. Simple use of a Program). We would like to thank the anonymous reviewers
standard does not mean that interoperability is guaranteed for their constructive comments.
[46]. This is why the adoption and consistent use of
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