title: Open systems architecture. The multivendor hospital information system.
abstract: Optimum productivity and performance are attained by permitting each functional division of a hospital to choose the optimum information system for its own needs. Quality patient care depends on the ability to coordinate and communicate the information generated in each department to the patient's bedside. Communication standards are now available to facilitate the melding of these two disparate requirements.
authors.affiliation: University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles.
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Aller
mesh_terms: D003628:Database Management Systems; D001330:Electronic Data Processing; D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000592:standards; D008122:Local Area Networks