Development of an electronic medical record for patient care in cardiology

Author

Taddei, A. ; Carpeggiani, C. ; Emdin, M. ; Balocchi, R. ; Dalmiani, S. ; Cecchetti, G. ; Macerata, A. ; Pierotti, D. ; Marchesi, C.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Clinical Physiol., CNR, Pisa, Italy

fYear

1997

Firstpage

641

Lastpage

644

Abstract

An electronic medical record system has been designed and developed with the aim of supporting patient care in the department of cardiology. A clinical information system was implemented to integrate the different heterogeneous sources of patient information. All the clinically relevant patient data were gathered in a timely way and stored in the clinical database. A viewer/editor of patient medical records was designed, addressing friendliness, flexibility and communication. The basic function for consultation is the time-oriented (weekly or daily) representation of patient parameters, care events and examinations. World Wide Web technology has been applied to implement the medical record. The system is currently under clinical evaluation

Keywords

Internet; cardiology; health care; medical information systems; patient care; records management; World Wide Web technology; cardiology; clinical evaluation; clinical information system; clinically relevant patient data; communication; electronic medical record system; flexibility; heterogeneous information sources; patient care; patient care events; patient consultation; patient examinations; patient parameters; time-oriented representation; user friendliness; viewer/editor; Biomedical engineering; Biomedical imaging; Cardiology; Clinical diagnosis; Costs; Medical services; Personnel; Physiology; Relational databases; Silicon carbide;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computers in Cardiology 1997

Conference_Location

Lund

ISSN

0276-6547

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4445-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CIC.1997.648131

Filename

648131