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From Micro- Towards Macro- Mobility
One of the main problems in the operation of complex hospital information systems (hIS) is a lack of functionality for the deep integration of administrative and clinical patient data, documents, reports, which are generated and stored in a variety of different software modules or specifi c clinical applications. These proprietary systems often...
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WEB 2.0 to Share Medical Knowledge and Improve Care:
Introduction In 2010, the community of Madrid launched an e-health innovation project through the creation of a Scientific Social Network for professionals. The project was initially implemented at the University General Hospital Gregorio Marañón (HGUGM), starting as a tool to support the tumour committee. For the implementation of the Scientific...
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IT Meets Medical Engineering:
Cost effectiveness and process optimisation by computer assisted structured medical documentation has been discussed for some time but has yet to be proven by code numbers. The article demonstrates the cost effectiveness of the medical documentation system MediColor for structured medical documentation by means of clear figures. This article uses...
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Infobroker – an ICT Healthcare Solution
The global demand for interoperability within healthcare is increasing in order to provide the services needed in healthcare today. This situation is also reflected in the Västra Götaland region (VGR) on the western coast of Sweden. Studies illustrate that relatively few healthcare organisations have developed sustainable interoperable solutions...
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Health Personal Folder (HPF) in Catalonia
Catalonia is an autonomous community inside Spain and has full powers regarding its citizens' healthcare. It is developing a National Healthcare System that grants assistance to every citizen, over seven million in 2006, and where different services are requested to different providers. The ICT Strategic Plan 2008 – 2011 focuses on two groups: Citizens...
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Catalan Medical Image Repository for Physicians and Citizens
The Catalan Healthcare System The Health Department (HD) has responsibility to draw up the health policies, ensure the system's sustainability and oversee the quality of services. It has the legal authority to authorise, inspect and also close down activities and centres, both from the public and the private system. Furthermore, it has the functions...
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The Integrated OR:
Technology evaluation is considered a must in today's healthcare systems, especially when a significant monetary investment is required. Such evaluation is to be conducted before the introduction of a new technology by means of a multidisciplinary approach that should take every aspect into account. Evaluations can also useful as a follow-up...
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Advanced PACS Applications:
Despite the widespread adoption of the DICOM standard in medical imaging, it can still be challenging to share data across institutions. Too often simple yet inefficient means of sharing data are used due to the lack of fast and secure mechanisms that support interactive access to data resources from outside institutional firewalls.Virtual PACS,...
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Antimicrobial Resistance and Antibiotic Use in the ICU:
COSARA (Computerised Surveillance and Alerting of nosocomial infections, Antimicrobial Resistance and Antibiotic consumption in the ICU) is a software application designed and developed for the registration and integration of infection-related data in the ICU patient. The application architecture consists of three different software modules: 1)...
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Healthcare Systems in Cyprus
Cyprus is the third largest Mediterranean island after Sicily and Sardinia, situated 60 km south of Turkey and 300 km north of Egypt. Cyprus is a divided island. In general, access to information concerning the northern part of the island is limited. Thus, this article refers to the Republic of Cyprus. Population Cyprus' estimated population...
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