title: Local network and distributed processing issues in the Johns Hopkins Hospital.
abstract: The Johns Hopkins Hospital has initiated an ambitious program to apply modern technologies to the development of a new, comprehensive clinical information system. One component of this system is a networking technology for supporting the integration of diverse and functionally distinct information systems. This paper discusses the selection of the networking technology implemented at JHH, issues and problems, networking concepts, protocols, and reliability.
mesh_terms: D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D003199:Computer Systems; D003201:Computers; D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D008122:Local Area Networks; D008396:Maryland; D011381:Programming Languages