Title :
Virtual consultation department for effective utilization method of patient information on order entry systems
Author :
Toyoda, Shuichi ; Niki, Noboru ; Nishitani, Hiromu
Author_Institution :
Med. Inf. Syst., Sanyo Electr. Co. Ltd., Japan
Abstract :
This paper discusses a form of collaboration among medical institutions that achieves an efficient utilization of patient information from remote medical institutions. We propose a virtual consultation department system that supports portability of order data across medical institutions. We have continued an experimental use of the virtual consultation department system in two medical institutions.
Keywords :
health care; medical diagnostic computing; medical information systems; effective utilization method; medical institutions collaboration; order entry systems; patient information; virtual consultation department; Biomedical optical imaging; Collaboration; Computer networks; Data visualization; Hospitals; Human computer interaction; Laboratories; Medical information systems; Medical services; Transaction databases;
Conference_Titel :
Biomedical Engineering, 2003. IEEE EMBS Asian-Pacific Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7943-8
DOI :
10.1109/APBME.2003.1302589