Title: Models of information systems devoted to medical-imaging labs: an experience in the CNR Clinical Physiology Institute

Authors: Ezio Maria Ferdeghini, Alberto Macerata, Antonio Benassi

Addresses: Institute of Clinical Physiology, Area della Ricerca del C.N.R., Via G. Moruzzi 1, 56125 Pisa, Italy. ' Department of Physiological Sciences, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy. ' Institute of Clinical Physiology, Area della Ricerca del C.N.R., Via G. Moruzzi 1, 56125 Pisa, Italy

Abstract: At the end of the 1990s, the SPERIGEST project, supported by the Italian Health Ministry, and fully developed at the Institute of Clinical Physiology, established an operative integrated clinical and healthcare information system. Continuously evolving and dynamically optimising procedures and protocols solve problems of: harmonisation of instrumentation of different brands; management of multimedia data provided by different medical imaging labs; satisfaction of both clinical and research needs; legal and economical requirements; user-friendship of the system. A ten years experience shows positive approach by medical and healthcare operators, coordinated activity, higher efficiency, simplified procedures, major concentration on medical decision-making.

Keywords: information systems; healthcare management; medical imaging; clinical information; integrated information; healthcare information; multimedia data; medical decision making; healthcare technology.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBET.2010.035509

International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, 2010 Vol.4 No.4, pp.355 - 369

Published online: 30 Sep 2010 *

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