Chihaya Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan.
J Med Syst. 2010 Dec;34(6):1157-60. doi: 10.1007/s10916-009-9335-0. Epub 2009 Jun 26.
Our hospital acts as a regional core hospital through inter-hospital collaboration. Geographical information is necessary to guide patients to the other hospitals. Although paper maps, which contain directions, nearest public transportation, etc., are usually provided to guide patients to the hospitals, the geographical information tends to change daily. However, updating the geographical information on the maps is costly. We constructed an electronic geographical information system using the Google Map API ( http://code.google.com/apis/maps/ ) with open source software to improve our ability to collaborate with other clinics.
我们医院通过医院间的协作充当区域核心医院。地理信息对于指导患者前往其他医院是必要的。尽管通常会提供包含方向、最近的公共交通等信息的纸质地图来指导患者前往医院，但地理信息每天都可能发生变化。然而，更新地图上的地理信息成本很高。我们使用 Google Map API（http://code.google.com/apis/maps/）构建了一个电子地理信息系统，并使用开源软件来提高我们与其他诊所合作的能力。
