Information system for the integrated management of a burn unit

Author

Reina-Tosina, Javier ; Roa, Laura ; Caceres, J. ; Gómez-Cía, Tomás

Author_Institution

Biomed. Eng. Group, Seville Univ., Spain

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

65

Lastpage

70

Abstract

The integrated management of a hospital unit represents one of the most basic and important tasks which directly affect the operation of the unit. The application of information technologies can aid the design of optimal strategies in management, by providing services with greater efficiency, not only from the point of view of management, but specially in health care delivery. The design of an application that allows the integrated management of a burn unit is reported. Starting with the problems associated to the current procedures, technical solutions are found from the requirements demanded by the specialists. Results relative to the integrated management of the unit are set out

Keywords

decision support systems; health care; medical information systems; workflow management software; burn unit; health care delivery; hospital unit; information system; information technologies; integrated management; optimal strategy design; technical solutions; Biomedical engineering; Engineering management; Hospitals; Information technology; Management information systems; Medical diagnostic imaging; Medical services; Picture archiving and communication systems; Public healthcare; Technology management;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information Technology Applications in Biomedicine, 2000. Proceedings. 2000 IEEE EMBS International Conference on

Conference_Location

Arlington, VA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6449-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ITAB.2000.892350

Filename

892350