OBJECTIVES: Healthcare processes typically generate an enormous volume of patient information. This information largely represents unexploited knowledge, since current hospital operational systems (e.g., HIS, RIS) are not suitable for knowledge exploitation...
Keywords: Databases, data collection, integrated information, systems integration
01/2003 | Methods of Information in Medicine, SchattauerOBJECTIVES: The goal of this paper is to identify how Grid technology can be applied for the development and deployment of integration systems, bringing together distributed and heterogeneous biomedical information sources for medical applications. METHODS: The integration of new genetic and medical knowledge in clinical workflows requires the development of new paradigms for information management in which the ability to access and relate disparate data sources is essential...
Keywords: Grid technology, Medical Informatics, Computational Biology, systems integration, health applications
01/2005 | Methods of Information in Medicine, SchattauerObjectives: The introduction of information system components (ISCs) usually leads to a change in existing processes, e.g...
Keywords: information systems, information management, processes of patient care, systems integration
01/2006 | Methods of Information in Medicine, SchattauerObjectives: GTDS is a documentation system used by more than 40 German hospital cancer registries. This paper discusses the factors that contributed to its success concerning design, development, and routine use. Methods: Success is measured in terms of the systems financial independence of public grants and its successful use by the registries...
Keywords: Cancer, tumor, registries, documentation, success factors, systems integration
01/2006 | Methods of Information in Medicine, Schattauer