Intranet technology in hospital information systems.
The clinical information system architecture at the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York is being incorporated into an intranet using Internet and World Wide Web protocols. The result is an Enterprise-Wide Web which provides more flexibility for access to specific patient information and general medical knowledge. Critical aspects of the architecture include a central data repository and a vocabulary server. The new architecture provides ways of displaying patient information in summary, graphical, and multimedia forms. Using customized links called Infobuttons, we provide access to on-line information resources available on the World Wide Web. Our experience to date has raised a number of interesting issues about the use of this technology for health care systems.
Cimino
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Department of Medical Informatics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
D016494:Computer Security; D003219:Confidentiality; D003626:Data Display; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D006801:Humans; D008122:Local Area Networks; D009519:New York City; D014584:User-Computer Interface