Title :
Design of the Children´s Health Network: a distributed computer system for pediatric primary care
Author :
Bronzino, J.D. ; Deutsch, L. ; Disk, M.
Author_Institution :
Hartford Primary Care Consortium, Hartford, CT, USA
Abstract :
This paper focuses on the development of a city-wide computer-based pediatric health care network to improve provider decision-making and follow-through. The design criteria and process for this regional system is presented, addressing issues of network architecture, establishing a uniform database and confidentiality
Keywords :
data privacy; distributed databases; health care; medical information systems; metropolitan area networks; Children´s Health Network; city-wide computer-based pediatric health care network; confidentiality; design criteria; distributed computer system; follow-through; network architecture; pediatric primary care; provider decision-making; regional system; uniform database; Computer architecture; Computer displays; Computer networks; Decision making; Distributed computing; Hospitals; Medical services; Pediatrics; Process design; Protection;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1995., IEEE 17th Annual Conference
Conference_Location :
Montreal, Que.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2475-7
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1995.575341
