TY - GEN
T1 - Experimental assessment of the feasability of integrating an endoscopic imaging system into an existing hospital information system
AU - Chen, Tse Sheng
AU - Gough, Tom G.
AU - Lin, H. C.
AU - Lin, Xi-Zhang
PY - 1998/1/1
Y1 - 1998/1/1
N2 - The National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) Hospital operates a comprehensive integrated hospital information system. This was designed and installed as an integral component of the building of the hospital, which opened in 1988. The information system provides a service to all staff in the hospital, administrative and clinical, across the whole of the hospital. To make sure that the information is accessible, where and when it is needed, a comprehensive communications network consisting of both hardware and software mechanisms supports the information system. This paper explores the requirements for a computerised image system for endoscopy and assesses two approaches to the implementation of such a system, as a stand-alone system and as a subsystem of the NCKU hospital information system already in place. The latter would satisfy the original design specification of developing a single system to cover all aspects of hospital operation but places additional demands on the endoscopy systems designer to ensure integration. Both operational modes are set out in the paper and their implications assessed.
AB - The National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) Hospital operates a comprehensive integrated hospital information system. This was designed and installed as an integral component of the building of the hospital, which opened in 1988. The information system provides a service to all staff in the hospital, administrative and clinical, across the whole of the hospital. To make sure that the information is accessible, where and when it is needed, a comprehensive communications network consisting of both hardware and software mechanisms supports the information system. This paper explores the requirements for a computerised image system for endoscopy and assesses two approaches to the implementation of such a system, as a stand-alone system and as a subsystem of the NCKU hospital information system already in place. The latter would satisfy the original design specification of developing a single system to cover all aspects of hospital operation but places additional demands on the endoscopy systems designer to ensure integration. Both operational modes are set out in the paper and their implications assessed.
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U2 - 10.3233/978-1-60750-896-0-1095
DO - 10.3233/978-1-60750-896-0-1095
M3 - Conference contribution
C2 - 10384630
AN - SCOPUS:84887805564
SN - 9051994079
SN - 9789051994070
T3 - Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
SP - 1095
EP - 1099
BT - MedInfo 1998 - 9th World Congress on Medical Informatics
PB - IOS Press
T2 - 9th World Congress on Medical Informatics, MedInfo 1998
Y2 - 18 August 1998 through 22 August 1998
ER -