title: Database access method for autonomous distributed total hospital information system and its object-oriented design.
abstract: ADITHIS (Autonomous Distributed Total Hospital Information System) is an information system providing a distributed computing environment for a hospital. The access method to its database enables users to access any patient data stored in individual departmental databases. Its functional design based on the object-oriented approach and its characteristics are described.
authors.affiliation: Graduate Studies and Research of Informatics, Teikyo University of Technology Uruido, Ichihara, Chiba, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kuma
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tsuchiya
mesh_terms: D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D003199:Computer Systems; D003628:Database Management Systems; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized