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Experiences with a distributed virtual patient record system.

D W Forslund·R L Phillips·D G Kilman·J L Cook
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TeleMed is a distributed diagnosis and analysis system, which permits physicians who are not collocated to consult on the status of a patient. The patient's record is dynamically constructed from data that may reside at several sites but which can be quickly assembled for viewing by pointing to the patient's name. Then, a graphical patient record appears, through which consulting physicians can retrieve textual and radiographic data with a single mouse click. TeleMed uses modern distributed object technology and emerging telecollaboration tools.

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Computer Communication NetworksComputer SecurityConfidentialityData DisplayHumansInformation Storage and RetrievalMedical Records Systems, ComputerizedTelemedicineUser-Computer InterfaceJournal Article

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D W Forslund, R L Phillips, D G Kilman, J L Cook. 1996. Experiences with a distributed virtual patient record system.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8947713/

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