Title :
Novell LAN for the Hungarian Institute of Cardiology
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Med. Inf., Hungarian Inst. of Cardiology, Budapest, Hungary
Abstract :
The design, development, installation, and maintenance of a computerized information system using DOS-based PC workstations and a multiserver local area network that is interconnected to worldwide area networks is discussed. The author summarizes the network topology, the database philosophy, and some interesting subsystems like optical patient cards, bedside terminals, picture archiving and communicative systems (PACS), etc. The system was implemented as the first automated information system in a 250 bed university hospital that specialized only in cardiac patients and open heart surgery
Keywords :
cardiology; local area networks; medical diagnostic computing; 250 bed university hospital; DOS-based PC workstations; Hungarian Institute of Cardiology; Novell LAN; bedside terminals; cardiac patients; computerized information system; database philosophy; multiserver local area network; network topology; open heart surgery; optical patient cards; picture archiving and communicative systems; subsystems; worldwide area networks; Biomedical optical imaging; Cardiology; Computer networks; Databases; Information systems; LAN interconnection; Local area networks; Network topology; Optical fiber LAN; Workstations;
Conference_Titel :
Computers in Cardiology 1991, Proceedings.
Conference_Location :
Venice
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-2485-X
DOI :
10.1109/CIC.1991.169052
