The use of X-terminals as clinical workstations.
The Medical Computer Facility at the Fox Chase Cancer Center has installed X-terminals in patient examination rooms and at nursing stations for clinical data access by physicians and nurses. The X-terminals are connected to UNIX operating system RISC processors via Ethernet. The RISC processors communicate with databases on a minicomputer cluster. Simultaneous presentation of textual (e.g., pathology and radiology reports) and graphical (e.g., clinical laboratory results) clinical data is provided under X-Windows. CT and MRI images can also be displayed in windows. Our experiences implementing X-terminal clinical workstations in a production environment will be discussed.
London
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Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA.
Morton
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Polekoff
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Reber
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D002173:Cancer Care Facilities / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003195:Computer Communication Networks / Q000295:instrumentation*; D016288:Computer Terminals; D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000295:instrumentation; D008905:Minicomputers; D015143:Philadelphia; D012984:Software