From a paper-based transmission of discharge summaries to electronic communication in health care regions

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 75, Issue 3-4 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 209-215

  Schabetsberger, Thomas ^a   Ammenwerth, Elske ^a   Andreatta, Stefan ^b   Gratl, Gordon ^c   Haux, Reinhold ^a   Lechleitner, Georg ^d   Schindelwig, Klaus ^d   Stark, Christian ^d   Vogl, Raimund ^d   Wilhelmy, Immanuel ^d   Wozak, Florian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b Icoserve Information Technologies   (Austria)

^c ITH Icoserve Technology for Healthcare GmbH   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Electronic health record; Electronic transmission of findings; Health informatics; Information systems; Medical records systems; Multihospital information systems; Regional networks; Remote consultation; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOGRAPHY; ELECTRONIC MAIL; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL DATA PROCESSING; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; TELEMEDICINE;

ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION OF FINDINGS; HEALTH INFORMATICS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS; MULTIHOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; REGIONAL NETWORKS; REMOTE CONSULTATION;

MEDICAL COMPUTING;

AUSTRIA; COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; E-MAIL; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; INTERNET; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RECORD; PAPER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AUSTRIA; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; ELECTRONIC MAIL; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL INFORMATICS APPLICATIONS; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; REGIONAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS; REGISTRIES; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 33644560043     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2005.07.018     Document Type: Conference Paper

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