title: Distributed information system architecture for Primary Health Care.
abstract: We present a distributed architectural framework for Primary Health Care (PHC) Centres. Distribution is handled through the introduction of the Roaming Electronic Health Care Record (R-EHCR) and the use of local caching and incremental update of a global index. The proposed architecture is designed to accommodate a specific PHC workflow model. Finally, we discuss a pilot implementation in progress, which is based on CORBA and web-based user interfaces. However, the conceptual architecture is generic and open to other middleware approaches like the DHE or HL7.
authors.affiliation: Network Management & Optimal Design Laboratory (NETMODE), Computer Science Division-Electrical & Computer Engineering Department, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Zografou, 15780, Athens, Greece. mary@netmode.ece.ntua.gr
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grammatikou
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Stamatelopoulos
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Maglaris
mesh_terms: D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D003199:Computer Systems; D006115:Greece; D006801:Humans; D007256:Information Systems; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D009816:Office Automation; D011320:Primary Health Care; D012984:Software