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