title: From legacy systems via client/server to web browser technology in hospital informatics in Finland.
abstract: The majority of hospital information system installations in Finland are based on a legacy technology from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). This paper presents an architecture and a tool set which provide a migration path from terminal-based to client/server technology, conserving much of the investments in existing applications. It is argued, though, that a new technological revolution is required in the form of extending the web browser/server technology to operational information systems in hospitals. A blueprint is presented for a further migration path from client/server to browser/server technology. The browser technology is regarded as a major challenge to hospital information systems in the next few years.
authors.affiliation: Computing Centre, University of Kuopio, Finland.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Korpela
mesh_terms: D003199:Computer Systems / Q000639:trends*; D005387:Finland; D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D012984:Software / Q000639:trends; D012985:Software Design