[Digital signature: new prospects for the information of the cardiologic clinical card].
In the last few years, remarkable improvements have been made in computerized database systems used in cardiology. However, they will not easily lead to further relevant improvements unless the weaknesses and the gaps deriving from the obligation of forming and storing case sheets, according to law, are faced and resolved in an original way. This article covers the topic of the digital signature and how it could form the basis for a new powerful impulse to the process of informatization of cardiology records. The proposal of elaborating a totally computerized case sheet involves the need of rationalizing the flow of clinical information and of implementing a management system integrated with the hospital information system. The elimination of paper support will probably lead to an advantageous cycle that will involve the entire hospital, both clinically as well as administratively.
Cervesato
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U.O. di Cardiologia, ARC, Azienda Ospedaliera S. Maria degli Angeli, Pordenone. eugenio.cervesato@pnhosp.inet.it
Antonini-Canterin
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Nicolosi
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D002309:Cardiology / Q000379:methods*; D016208:Databases, Factual; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000639:trends*