title: A user-oriented protocol for integrating heterogeneous communication systems of medical facilities using ports.
abstract: The crucial feature of future communication systems in hospitals will be the heterogeneity between the individual systems. People working in a hospital do not communicate via data objects, but via highly complex functions like preparation of a patient report or diagnosis of patients' symptoms and signs. Essentially such tasks are accomplished by initiating remote functions in various modes of a communication system. The aim of the MEDAS protocol developed by our group is to propose a definition of such a high-level medical protocol and then to implement it. Our user-oriented protocol permits information exchange between heterogeneous systems. Modules and functions are defined. Message passing to and from a processor is realized using ports. The protocol sequence of every communication request is described. The relation of ports to the ISO model is specified. First experiences in a network for a medical school are reported.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gierl
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Greiller
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Landersdorfer
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Uberla
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D003199:Computer Systems; D005180:Faculty, Medical; D006747:Hospital Communication Systems; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D015274:Interdepartmental Relations; D008122:Local Area Networks