title: Developing a virtual patient record using XML and web-based workflow technologies.
abstract: Virtual patient records (VPR) provide a means for integrated access to patient information that may be scattered around different healthcare settings. Within the boundaries of a health district providing all levels of care, this concept can be implemented in a corporate Intranet environment to support longitudinal patient care activities across the participating healthcare providers. In this context, a VPR implementation enables autonomous healthcare providers to operate in a cooperative working environment and apply continuity of care. Workflow systems bring this collaboration and cooperation into effect by automatically routing the medical information needed by authorized actors in a healthcare process. This paper presents a VPR framework that allows integrating geographically dispersed medical information within a health district and enhancing collaboration and coordination of authorized workgroups by means of a web-based workflow system. An implementation of the proposed framework is also presented.
authors.affiliation: Computer Technology Institute, Athens 118 51, Greece.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Malamateniou
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vassilacopoulos
mesh_terms: D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D011381:Programming Languages