title: Digital optical archiving of medical records in hospital information systems: results of a pilot (feasibility) study.
abstract: The paper-based medical record is a "principal repository for information" [1] and supports health care professionals in patient care, quality assessment, and often medical research. University hospitals often require expensive space for a long-time storage of medical records. The costs for operating conventional archives are high and will increase in future. In spite of these efforts, conventional archiving does not satisfy the medical needs to make available medical records for health care professionals in a systematic and timely manner.
authors.affiliation: University of Heidelberg, Institute for Medical Biometry and Informatics, Department of Medical Informatics, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dujat
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Schmucker
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hampl
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Haux
authors.forename: D O
authors.initials: DO
authors.lastname: Schaefer
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Steinmetz
mesh_terms: D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D010865:Pilot Projects