title: Graphical electrocardiogram waveforms as part of an integrated hospital system's patient record.
abstract: The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has an ongoing project to integrate diagnostic images into its existing text-based hospital information system. High-quality images from cardiology, pulmonary medicine, gastroenterology, endoscopy, pathology, radiology, hematology and nuclear medicine can be displayed for clinicians quickly and conveniently on workstations throughout the hospital. As a part of this endeavor, diagnostic-quality computer generated 12-lead electrocardiograms, including both median and rhythm data, can be viewed as a part of the on-line patient record of an integrated hospital information system. Now computer generated graphics can be included in the longitudinal patient record. Incorporating generated graphics and images into a text based patient record is another step towards the next generation of integrated hospital information system with multimedia patient records.
authors.affiliation: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington Information Systems Center, Silver Spring, MD.
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Enison
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dayhoff
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Fletcher
mesh_terms: D004219:District of Columbia; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D006787:Hospitals, Veterans; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D014481:United States; D014493:United States Department of Veterans Affairs