Transmission of medical information via
computers
Since 1986, all
medical records are computerised
Very
few hospitals are fortunate enough to have this facility. Since the Centre was
opened our medical records have gathered clinical, radiological and biological
data in a unique record, in order to treat patients with a comprehensive record
of his or her clinical history. The regular and meticulous record keeping
promotes quality of care and helps in the progress of clinical research. Skilled
medical secretaries, combined with rigorous organisation to ensure that records
are updated, have been the major factor in acquiring complete information.
Since
1986, the medical records were computerised. Each health care professional can
access the record at any time from one of 180 different computer stations.
Personal access codes allows limited access at different levels to ensure
medical confidentiality. In 1988, this system was connected to the laboratory
auto-analysers which allowed the immediate entry of laboratory results onto the
record.
In the near future
radiology imaging will be digitalized (MEDIMAGE project, see below), and
external medical documents will be automatically word scanned. Computer
expert system techniques (ONCOLOG project, see below) and computer artificial
intelligence, combined with vocal recognition for writing medical reports, will
further increase the day to day efficiency and practical use of the system.
