Title :
The optimal network model´s performance for sharing Electronic Health Record
Author :
Jalal-Karim, A. ; Balachandran, W.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Eng. & Design, Brunel Univ., Uxbridge
Abstract :
Sharing electronic health record (EHR) between various healthcare locations is a significant challenge: patient´s healthcare information are split across several information sources, and often owned by various healthcare organizations. Throughout the last decade, there have been various regional, national and international plans concentrated on the development of healthcare network architecture for secure access and sharing of federated patient information. This paper consists of two main segments: first it will start by reviewing the issues regarding the EHR architectures and networking approaches and how it influences the quality and efficiency of service provided, and second we simulate the performance of those approaches based on OPNET system in order to approve on an optimal approach with highest performance. OPNET will compare the efficiency of those approaches with a synchronously access the system functions regardless of the location.
Keywords :
client-server systems; health care; medical information systems; peer-to-peer computing; EHR architecture; EHR networking; OPNET system; client-server system; electronic health record; health care location; information sources; optimal network model performance; patient health care information; peer-to-peer system; service quality; Area measurement; Collaborative tools; Communication networks; Design engineering; Europe; Health information management; Medical services; Peer to peer computing; Scattering; Testing; Client-Server; Electronic Health Record; Hybrid; OPNET; Peer-to-Peer;
Conference_Titel :
Multitopic Conference, 2008. INMIC 2008. IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Karachi
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2823-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2824-3
DOI :
10.1109/INMIC.2008.4777726