Data communication and sharing of five level network of Public Health Information System, i.e. nation, province, district (city), county, and town, as far as to the countryside level were described, and how to apply the three solutions, i.e. Access VPN, Intranet VPN, and Extranet VPN of VPN technique to achieve the appropriation of the public network was also presented.
China ; Computer Communication Networks/*organization & administration ; Public Health Informatics/*methods ; User-Computer Interface

To meet the demands of managing international academic conferences on Biomedical Engineering, a management system was designed and implemented based on Internet. The system was aimed to implement the cooperation of different departments to manage common affair and academic papers of the conference together. In addition, it could be connected to the membership management system of Chinese Society of Biomedical Engineering. With its advanced, practical, humanized and expansible characteristics, the system performed seven main functions, including the management in general information, participant information, papers, reviewer information, booking, exhibition and manager information. The system proved to be feasible and optimized as well in the 7th Asia-Pacific Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering.
Biomedical Engineering ; Computer Communication Networks ; Congresses as Topic ; organization & administration ; Humans ; Information Services ; International Cooperation ; Internet

With the development and utilization of computer techniques, Internet is playing an important role in information dissemination. There are abundant biomedical resources on the Internet. Accessing biomedical information is more dependent on the Internet than ever. It is important to explore new methods to describe and manage information resources. We have analyzed biomedical databases, search engines, web sites, and the metadata adopted by biomedical databases. The results show that biomedical information resources are characterized by electronic format, networking, dynamia, and dispersion. Describing a resource with metadata allows it to be understood by both humans and machines in ways that promote interoperability. Metadata interoperability has to be the underlying principle for networked information management. It directly impinges on information sharing, interchange, and accessibility across the boundaries of systems, languages, and geographic locations. We can use metadata to describe biomedical information and to integrate resources. It will benefit the people to access, select, and utilize biomedical information resources.
Computer Communication Networks ; organization & administration ; Database Management Systems ; organization & administration ; Information Storage and Retrieval ; methods ; Internet ; Medical Informatics Computing

Firstly, IHE technical framework is introduced in this paper, and the sub-framework of Schedule Workflow is also described. Secondly, the development of IHE in Japan and the formation of IHE-J are presented, and in combination with IDS system's practice in IHE-J, some ideas about developing IHE in China and the relative methods of implementation are discussed.
China ; Computer Communication Networks ; Hospital Information Systems ; Japan ; Radiology Information Systems ; organization & administration ; Software ; Systems Integration ; User-Computer Interface ; Workload

This paper introduces the purpose, integration profile of workflow, integration profile of content of IHE Laboratory Technical Framework and the dependency on IT Infrastructure Technical Framework. And the domestic situation of LIS and HIS integration is analyzed briefly too.
Computer Communication Networks ; Hospital Information Systems ; Humans ; Laboratories, Hospital ; organization & administration ; Software ; Systems Integration ; User-Computer Interface

This paper tells you how to build a faster and more reliable interface system between the Hospital Management Information System (HMIS) in the hospital and the Medical Insurance Information System (MIIS) in the Medical Insurance Affairs Management Center (MIAMC). The data standards of the hospital and MIAMC should be integrated in order to reduce the unnecessary real-time transmission, so as to establish and perfect the operation mode in offline status,and to improve the performance of the communication servers. Thus, it would be a more efficient software interface system with a higher bandwidth between HMIS and MIIS. The working efficiency of the interface system and the accuracy of the balance data in the MIAMC are increased while the dependence on the inter-network communication is decreased with an improvement of the reliability and suitability of the interface system.
Ambulatory Care Information Systems ; organization & administration ; Computer Communication Networks ; Hospital Information Systems ; organization & administration ; Insurance, Health ; Management Information Systems ; Microcomputers ; Software Design ; Systems Integration ; User-Computer Interface

The world is entering the era of convergence in which information and services are available everywhere all the time. Convergence is evident among products, technology, services, and even management processes. This new era transform the way we live and think in very profound ways and represents a great opportunity for new value creation to those industries and individuals who are willing to take advantage of the transition. Researchers, industry employees, and policy makers in health care industry should understand the power of this new world. This paper reviewed and classified types of convergence in healthcare, and summarized companies' endeavors and demands for convergence management at philosophical, structural, functional, and individual levels, respectively. Fundamental strategies in core competence management were suggested in healthcare industry, and rather industry-specific requirements were introduced in health and medical informatics field.
Administrative Personnel ; Commerce ; Computer Communication Networks ; Delivery of Health Care* ; Health Care Sector* ; Humans ; Medical Informatics ; Mental Competency ; Organization and Administration

OBJECTIVEIndependently research and develop the wireless network system to monitor clinical nursing information in order to meet the needs of clinical care.

METHODSThe system consists of two sections which are the bedside machines and the central station. Advanced wireless network communications, microelectronics and computer technology are applied to continuously monitor various indicators of patients in intensive case units and general wards. Then the information was sent to the central monitoring station, which can automatically classify the data.

RESULTSThe system includes 4 subsystems which are automatic monitoring of urine output, automatic monitoring of infusion, automatic measurement of patient body weight and automatic management device of postoperative drainage tubes, which can provide essential indicators for major surgeries and critical patients.

CONCLUSIONThe system has strong practicality. which can provide information for clinical care, ensuring the safety of medical care.

Computer Communication Networks ; Equipment Design ; Humans ; Monitoring, Physiologic ; instrumentation ; methods ; Nursing Services ; organization & administration ; Software Design ; Wireless Technology

Due to the difficulty of communication and information share between Medical information systems, the Object Management Group issued the software specification of CORBAMed, defining the interfaces of services, and specifying the software architecture of Medical Information System. This paper attempts to use CORBA in Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS), provides a system model of CORBA solution of PACS, and analyzes the view layers structure of system, finally we discuss the related services of CORBAMed.
Computer Communication Networks ; Diagnostic Imaging ; Humans ; Information Systems ; organization & administration ; Medical Records Systems, Computerized ; Radiology Information Systems ; Software

Electronic medical records (EMR) is the clinical diagnosis, guiding intervention and digital medical service record of outpatient, hospital patients (or care object) in medical institution. And it is the complete, detailed clinical information resource which has produced and recorded in all previous medical treatments. Radiotherapy electronic medical records contain texts, images and graphics, therefore the information is more complicated. This paper proposes an EMR information system based on DICOM-RT standard, through the use of seven objects of DICOM-RT to achieve the information exchange and sharing between different systems, equipments, convenient radiotherapy treatment data management, improve the efficiency of radiation treatment.
Computer Communication Networks ; Humans ; Medical Records Systems, Computerized ; standards ; Radiographic Image Enhancement ; methods ; Radiology Information Systems ; organization & administration ; Radiotherapy, Computer-Assisted ; methods ; User-Computer Interface