Automated medical records technology at the National Cancer Institute-Egypt: a case study in technology transfer.
The National Cancer Institute-Cairo, Egypt (NCI) has adopted three different approaches to the automated medical record. These approaches are: the use of an integrated hospital information system, a document scanning system, and an imaging system. This paper discusses each of these approaches with regard to its benefits, technology-implemented and technology-related issues, and the social and cultural differences between implementations in developed and developing countries.
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National Cancer Institute, Kasr Al Eini St, Fom El Khalig, Cairo, Egypt.
Dayhoff
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D004534:Egypt; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D008495:Medical Oncology; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D011873:Radiology Information Systems; D018581:Technology Transfer