Aim. To present our experience with integrating digital information on Intensive Care Unit patients (clinical data, laboratory findings, imaging, etc) to create electronic patient records. Material and Methods. Using the hospital Intranet, a connection was established between the Local area Network (LAN) of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and the Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM®) network of the Radiology Department allowing to receive, process and archive digital images locally at the ICU. Using the software RADclient-RADimage, the information received was managed by an electronic patient record system (DIGISTAT™ by UMS-Unterberger Medical Software, Florence). All the above software runs on Microsoft WindowsNT 4.0 platforms. Results. Images of various kinds and formats (CT, MRI, etc.) pertaining to the ICU patients were semi-automatically handled and filed on a local server acting as a central databank. The images were then included in the electronic patient record ...
Diagnostica per immagini e cartelle cliniche elettroniche: integrazione di informazioni digitali nell'esperienza di un centro di rianimazione polivalente
CAMPIONI, Paolo;
2001
Abstract
Aim. To present our experience with integrating digital information on Intensive Care Unit patients (clinical data, laboratory findings, imaging, etc) to create electronic patient records. Material and Methods. Using the hospital Intranet, a connection was established between the Local area Network (LAN) of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and the Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM®) network of the Radiology Department allowing to receive, process and archive digital images locally at the ICU. Using the software RADclient-RADimage, the information received was managed by an electronic patient record system (DIGISTAT™ by UMS-Unterberger Medical Software, Florence). All the above software runs on Microsoft WindowsNT 4.0 platforms. Results. Images of various kinds and formats (CT, MRI, etc.) pertaining to the ICU patients were semi-automatically handled and filed on a local server acting as a central databank. The images were then included in the electronic patient record ...I documenti in SFERA sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
