Modeling a Web-based Information System for managing clinical information in hemophilia care.

Full Abstract

Nowadays, information systems combined with the Internet, have a significant role in data storage, as in the efficiency and promptness of data transfer and can offer a large contribute in managing and manipulating the information resulting from treatment and attendance of chronic patients, as hemophiliacs. On the other hand, the Internet also created the opportunity of patients to insert data concerning home treatments. This paper briefly describes the modeling process of a Web-based information system to help the management of inherited bleeding disorders integrating, diffusing and archiving large sets of information from heterogeneous sources in scope of the hemophilia care at the Hematology Service of Coimbra Hospital Center, in Portugal.

Author information

Author/s: Teixeira, Leonor (L); Ferreira, Carlos (C); Santos, Beatriz Sousa (BS); Martins, Natália (N);

Affiliation: Dept. of Econ., Manage. & Ind. Eng., Aveiro Univ., Portugal. lteixeira(-atsign-)egi.ua.pt

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Conference (Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2006-; vol 1 (issue ) : pp 2610-3

Dates: Created 2007/10/23; Completed 2008/03/13;

PMID: 17946123, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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