Enterprise systems.
Looking to the next generation of hospital information systems (HIS), the paper first provides an overview of enterprise systems, including the concept, current developments, hospital perspectives, critical issues and requirements, and future value-added enhancements. The paper then focuses on efforts drawing upon existing expertise in these critical areas, including infrastructure, workstations, standards, computerized patient records, and security. It concludes by stressing the importance of collaborative efforts in the creating of the next generation of HIS, health information systems or HIS.
Ball
M J
MJ
University of Maryland, Information Services, Baltimore 21201-1503, USA.
D016494:Computer Security; D003199:Computer Systems / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D003219:Confidentiality; D005544:Forecasting; D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends*; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000639:trends; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends