title: Using HL7 and the World Wide Web for unifying patient data from remote databases.
abstract: W3-EMRS is an architecture designed to access clinical data from remote heterogeneous electronic medical record system (EMRS) databases. We describe the technologies used in an experimental implementation of W3-EMRS that concurrently collects data from several sources and presents them in an integrated set of views. After describing some of the organizational constraints, the architectural decision, implementation methodology, and operation of the completed project are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Children's Hospital Informatics Project, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: van Wingerde
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schindler
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kilbridge
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Szolovits
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Safran
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rind
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.forename: G O
authors.initials: GO
authors.lastname: Barnett
authors.forename: I S
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Kohane
mesh_terms: D003195:Computer Communication Networks / Q000592:standards; D003199:Computer Systems; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D008498:Medical Record Linkage / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D012984:Software