title: Increasing information accessibility for patients in obstetrics-gynecology domain.
abstract: It is important for the patient to have access to personal medical information in order to manage information for increased quality of medical care and life. The paper presents a module added to an Obstetrics-Gynaecology Department information system (OGD IS) supporting patient empowerment. The patient is accessing the system easily using laptops or mobile devices. The application accessed by the patient is web-based, implemented in Visual Studio. NET, using ASP.NET pages and C# language, and the application is published in the Windows Azure cloud. The solution is user friendly using familiar devices and is ubiquitous using the cloud solution. A module for translating medical terms in colloquial ones is integrated in the system. For certain situations the patient will get information related to life style influencing health status as how and what to eat or what type of exercise it is recommended.
authors.affiliation: University Politehnica Timişoara, Romania/Department of Automation and Applied Informatics.
authors.forename: Mihaela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Crişan-Vida
authors.affiliation: University Politehnica Timişoara, Romania/Department of Automation and Applied Informatics.
authors.forename: Lăcrămioara
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Stoicu-Tivadar
mesh_terms: D054626:Consumer Health Information / Q000379:methods*; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000458:organization & administration*; D033181:Information Dissemination / Q000379:methods; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods; D020407:Internet; D009775:Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D010358:Patient Participation / Q000379:methods*; D012383:Romania; D012984:Software; D014584:User-Computer Interface