title: Web-access to a central medical record to improve cooperation between hospital and referring physicians.
abstract: We set up Web-access to the central electronic medical record of the University Hospitals Leuven. Purpose was to enable external physicians to more actively participate in the care process as full members of the multidisciplinary treatment team. They get a view on the complete care process in the hospital, and can access results as these become available instead of being provided summary information post factum. This complements traditional electronic exchange between healthcare records. We report on technical setup and results from an extended pilot. We believe that this approach can enrich the discussion on how to provide the "global medical record".
authors.affiliation: Department of Information Systems, University Hospitals Leuven & Medical Image Computing (Radiology & ESAT/PSI), K.U.Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bellon
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Aerts
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vanautgaerden
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Feron
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Pierlet
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: De Deurwaerder
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: De Coninck
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Suetens
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Van Den Bosch
mesh_terms: D001071:Appointments and Schedules; D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration; D006785:Hospitals, University / Q000458:organization & administration*; D020407:Internet / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008498:Medical Record Linkage / Q000379:methods*; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005791:Patient Care / Q000379:methods; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011873:Radiology Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018511:Systems Integration; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000379:methods