title: Implementing a Web-based clinical information system using EMR middle layer services.
abstract: The Clinical Summary is a Web-based application for accessing the clinical database at the Massachusetts General Hospital. The application has been developed to give physicians in our health care community access to clinical information for patients they refer to our hospital. "Middle layer" services, written previously for the hospital's clinical workstation, supply much of the application's functionality. Employment of reusable services together with a Web-based front end has afforded a rapid and inexpensive means for developing a new clinical information system. This paper discusses the system's design, function, and methods of implementation.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Computer Science, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA.
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Kittredge
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Estey
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Pappas
authors.forename: G O
authors.initials: GO
authors.lastname: Barnett
mesh_terms: D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D016494:Computer Security; D003199:Computer Systems; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D014584:User-Computer Interface