Chen T S, Liao B S, Lee C H, Gough T G
Department of Engineering Science, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
Stud Health Technol Inform. 2002;90:156-62.
With the growth of the Inteernet, hospitals have also applied HL7 (Health Level Seven) to exchange data between them. The referral system is identified as an appropriate application system. The effect of referral is to transfer the patient to a suitable hospital in a timely fashion, and to arrange appropriate treatment for the patient. Taking advantage of the Internet to exchange referral data can, not only accelerate the process of patient referral, but also avoid the unnecessary repeat examinations to decrease the waste of medical resources. This article builds up a referral-related message according to the HL7 standard, and develops a referral centre using the Internet environment, making use of XML (eXtensible Markup Language) standard to transform the referral-related data to XML format and exchange referral data between platforms. This electronic referral mechanism is expected to offer other hospitals experience of improved referral practice.
随着互联网的发展，医院也开始应用HL7（健康级别7）在彼此之间交换数据。转诊系统被视为一个合适的应用系统。转诊的作用是及时将患者转至合适的医院，并为患者安排适当的治疗。利用互联网交换转诊数据，不仅可以加快患者转诊流程，还能避免不必要的重复检查，减少医疗资源的浪费。本文依据HL7标准构建了一条与转诊相关的消息，并利用互联网环境开发了一个转诊中心，利用XML（可扩展标记语言）标准将与转诊相关的数据转换为XML格式，并在不同平台之间交换转诊数据。这种电子转诊机制有望为其他医院提供改进转诊实践的经验。
