title: Using agent-based technology to create a cost effective, integrated, multimedia view of the electronic medical record.
abstract: Image Engine is multi-user, client-server database for the storage, retrieval and sharing of a wide range of digitized biomedical images under development at the University of Pittsburgh. This paper provides an overview of the system and describes the use of agent-based technology to integrate clinical information from the Image Engine database and the MARS clinical information system at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Agent-mediated links provide a mechanism for combining clinical data from multiple databases to create a unified, multimedia view of the electronic medical record.
authors.affiliation: University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Lowe
authors.forename: W K
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Walker
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Vries
mesh_terms: D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003626:Data Display; D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000191:economics; D008838:Microcomputers; D012984:Software; D014584:User-Computer Interface