Malamateniou F, Vassilacopoulos G
Computer Technology Institute, Athens 118 51, Greece.
Int J Med Inform. 2003 Jul;70(2-3):131-9. doi: 10.1016/s1386-5056(03)00039-x.
Virtual patient records (VPR) provide a means for integrated access to patient information that may be scattered around different healthcare settings. Within the boundaries of a health district providing all levels of care, this concept can be implemented in a corporate Intranet environment to support longitudinal patient care activities across the participating healthcare providers. In this context, a VPR implementation enables autonomous healthcare providers to operate in a cooperative working environment and apply continuity of care. Workflow systems bring this collaboration and cooperation into effect by automatically routing the medical information needed by authorized actors in a healthcare process. This paper presents a VPR framework that allows integrating geographically dispersed medical information within a health district and enhancing collaboration and coordination of authorized workgroups by means of a web-based workflow system. An implementation of the proposed framework is also presented.
虚拟患者记录（VPR）提供了一种集成访问患者信息的方式，这些信息可能分散在不同的医疗环境中。在提供各级护理的健康区范围内，这一概念可以在企业内部网环境中实施，以支持参与的医疗服务提供者开展纵向患者护理活动。在此背景下，VPR的实施使自主的医疗服务提供者能够在合作的工作环境中运作，并应用连续护理。工作流系统通过在医疗过程中自动将授权人员所需的医疗信息进行路由，实现这种协作与合作。本文提出了一个VPR框架，该框架允许在健康区内整合地理上分散的医疗信息，并通过基于网络的工作流系统加强授权工作组的协作与协调。还介绍了所提出框架的一个实施方案。
