Title :
Use of objects in a hospital information system
Author :
Van den Berg, Jan Maarten ; Berger, Howard ; Meijler, Theo Dirk
Author_Institution :
Dept. for Med. Inf., Leiden State Univ., Netherlands
Abstract :
Summary form only given. A method for integrating different data-using programs is discussed with reference to central data objects. This simplifies the integration of object-oriented systems with a hospital information system. The system has been developed as a prototype in Smalltalk and runs under MS-DOS on a personal computer
Keywords :
medical administrative data processing; microcomputer applications; MS-DOS; Smalltalk; central data objects; data-using programs integration; hospital information system; object-oriented systems; personal computer; Biomedical informatics; Databases; Hardware; Hospitals; Information systems; Knowledge management; Management information systems; Mice; Pediatrics; User interfaces;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1989. Images of the Twenty-First Century., Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1989.96471
