We are currently developing the Personal Internetworked Notary and Guardian (PING) whose main goal is to implement a secure, distributed and patientcontrolled repository of life-long medical information on the Web. The PING record differs substantially for institutionally-oriented medical information systems. First, it uses XML as a basic data format and virtual directory structure as data stor...

Child Health Improvement through Computer Automation (CHICA) is a computer decision support system (CDSS) that interfaces with existing electronic medical record systems (EMRS) and delivers "just-in-time" patient-relevant guidelines to physicians during the clinical encounter and accurately captures structured data from all who interact with the system. "Delivering Geospatial Intelligence to He...

OBJECTIVE a) To document the presence and use of clinical department systems (CDS) in a university hospital that implemented a hospital-wide electronic health record (EHR) in 1999 and b) To compare clinical use of the CDS with that of the EHR. METHOD Identification of CDSs in use by contacting leaders and senior physicians at clinical departments at the hospital. Identification of key propert...

The authors implemented an electronic medical record system in a rural Kenyan health center. Visit data are recorded on a paper encounter form, eliminating duplicate documentation in multiple clinic logbooks. Data are entered into an MS-Access database supported by redundant power systems. The system was initiated in February 2001, and 10,000 visit records were entered for 6,190 patients in six...

Biosample preservation for future research is a fundamental component of translational medicine. At the same time, value stored biosamples largely determined by presence related clinical data and other information. Electronic medical records are unique source large amount information received over long period time. In this regard, genetic types obtained from biosample analysis can be associated...

background and aims: given the ever-increasing importance and value of information, providing management with a reliable information system, which can facilitate decision making regarding planning, organization and control, is vitally important. this study aimed to analyze and evaluate information needs at statistics and medical records departments of iranian medical universities. the findings ...