title: From documents on paper to electronic medical records.
abstract: This paper describes the creation process of an electronic medical records (EMR) application in the Juan Canalejo University Hospital Complex (CHUJC). From the knowledge acquired through the observation of the traditional processes of managing the Patients medical records on paper a tool was developed which in principle was thought of to classify electronic documents associated to a patient and to which different functions of medical work have been subsequently added: visualizing clinical documents of patients, creation of new documents and following the development of patients.
authors.affiliation: R&D&I, Information Technology Department, CHU Juan Canalejo, A Coruña, Spain.
authors.forename: Lino
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Carrajo
authors.forename: Angel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Penas
authors.forename: Rubén
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Melcón
authors.forename: Fco Javier
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: González
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Couto
mesh_terms: D003196:Computer Graphics; D016494:Computer Security / Q000639:trends; D003199:Computer Systems / Q000639:trends; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003718:Denmark; D004282:Documentation / Q000639:trends*; D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000639:trends; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D051188:Knowledge Bases; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000639:trends*; D012985:Software Design