A Secure Integrated Medical Information System

  • Authors:

  • Tsung-Chih Hsiao;Zhen-Yu Wu;Yu-Fang Chung;Tzer-Shyong Chen;Gwo-Boa Horng

  • Affiliations:

  • Department of Computer Science and Engineering, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan;Department of Information Management, National Penghu University of Science and Technology, Penghu, Taiwan;Department of Electrical Engineering, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan;Department of Information Management, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan;Department of Computer Science and Engineering, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Medical Systems
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

The rapid rise and development of the internet has made digitization of our everyday life common. E-medicine, including electronic prescription records, electronic prescriptions, diagnosis information systems, and others are now being regarded as future trends. As development on the structure and format of electronic patient records and prescriptions matures, the implementation of a comprehensive medical information system is imperative, one which is constructed from integrating the various electronic information systems that is being developed. It is important to allow the implementation of such a system applicable to the present medical environment, which facilitates the integration of electronic patient record from all levels of medical centers and clinics, secures the transmission of these integrated patient records between them, enables the combined use of electronic prescriptions with patients' medications, and permits anonymous or confidential transmission of patients' private data. To put the ideas into practice, in this study, we would like to propose an Integrated Medical Information System.