OBJECTIVES: A Clinical Information System, serving more than 2,000 users was to be implemented at three hospitals of TILAK (Tiroler Landeskrankenanstalten GmbH), including the University Hospital of Innsbruck...
Keywords: Hospital Information Systems, clinical information systems, implementation strategy, case studies, Electronic Patient Record
01/2003 | Methods of Information in Medicine, SchattauerOBJECTIVES: To describe and comment on functionality and architecture of the software product Soarian developed by Siemens, to identify key differentiators to related products, and to comment on predecessor systems and beta versions...
Keywords: Health information systems, clinical information systems, Electronic Patient Record, workflow management, IMIA
01/2003 | Methods of Information in Medicine, SchattauerOBJECTIVES: To elaborate main system characteristics and relevant deployment experiences for the health information system (HIS) Orbis/OpenMed, which is in widespread use in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. METHODS: In a deployment phase of 3 years in a 1.200 bed university hospital, where the system underwent significant improvements, the systems functionality and its software design have been analyzed in detail...
Keywords: clinical information systems, Health information systems, software design
01/2003 | Methods of Information in Medicine, SchattauerOBJECTIVES: To describe the evolution of a provider order entry system with integrated decision support, from a research prototype to full implementation at one academic center, and finally to a commercial product. METHODS: Describe the institutional environment and planning process in which the system originated...
Keywords: clinical information systems, provider order entry with decision support, user-driven software design
01/2003 | Methods of Information in Medicine, SchattauerOBJECTIVES: Knowledge bases comprise a vital component in the classic medical expert system model, yet the knowledge acquisition process by which they are created has been characterized as highly iterative and labor-intensive...
Keywords: Knowledge acquisition, knowledge bases, software acceptance, clinical information systems, Technology Acceptance Model
01/2006 | Methods of Information in Medicine, Schattauer