Chan J T
Accident and Emergency Department, Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital, 11 Chuen On Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong.
Hong Kong Med J. 2000 Sep;6(3):276-82.
This article reviews the history and progress of the computerisation of accident and emergency departments in Hong Kong. The Hospital Information System was the first computerisation project to be launched in a public hospital in Hong Kong, when the Princess Margaret Hospital was selected as a pilot site in April 1991. The network infrastructure comprised a central processor that linked to all workstations in the hospital in an integrated network. With the introduction of bar-coding technology and the implementation of an interfaced network, the Accident and Emergency Information System version 1.0 was launched at the Prince of Wales Hospital in March 1993. A Clinical Management System was then piloted at the Accident and Emergency Department of the Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital in December 1997; it contained clinical data of individual patients, including diagnoses, drug treatments, discharge summaries, allergies, and medical histories. Laboratory, diagnostic radiology, and electrocardiography results were also available in this system. With the extensive development of Internet technology within the Hospital Authority, clinical information can now be retrieved in any hospital in a couple of minutes. The availability of important clinical information will be of great help to emergency physicians in the delivery of quality care to patients.
本文回顾了香港急症科电脑化的历史与进展。医院信息系统是香港公立医院开展的首个电脑化项目，1991年4月玛嘉烈医院被选为试点。网络基础设施包括一个中央处理器，它通过综合网络连接医院内所有工作站。随着条形码技术的引入和接口网络的实施，1993年3月威尔士亲王医院推出了急症室信息系统1.0版。1997年12月，雅丽氏何妙龄那打素医院急症科试点使用临床管理系统；该系统包含个体患者的临床数据，包括诊断、药物治疗、出院小结、过敏史及病史。该系统还可获取实验室、诊断放射学及心电图检查结果。随着医院管理局内部互联网技术的广泛发展，现在几分钟内就能在任何一家医院检索到临床信息。重要临床信息的可获取性将极大地帮助急诊医生为患者提供优质护理。
