> Karsten described a "full blown EMR system" in a university hospital, and
> furthermore, that system was being used to order fresh frozen plasma from
> the hospital blood bank. From
> that description, I was assuming the system comprised a shared PMI,
> ordering and results reporting as well as EMR functions. Sounds more
Yes, that is what it does. They don't yet use it to capture actual
outpatient/ward encounter notes but it could be done. Everything you
describe is in there. I was told: "It is from Australia." but there was
no one around who could substantiate this claim. So I don't know the
name, company, origin, whatever _for sure_. It did have an "impressive",
"pretty" (although dumb, slow, user-unfriendly would be appropriate
terms for some parts, too) user interface in English but also accepted
Thai for input.
> in a hospital-wide setting? I am only familiar with Medical Director and
> MIMS, and I didn't get the impression that they were designed for
> hospital-wide use.
And rightly so, I believe. They shouldn't be. It's two different
things -- at least here in Germany where we have quite a distinct
separation between hospital and community settings.
> Or maybe Karsten was describing a system which was
> only used in one part of the hsopital (the outpatients dept)?
Nope, all over the hospital. OR, ICU, wards, outpatients, lab,
imaging (not for digital imaging, just reports), pharmacy,
doctor's lounge. Internet access everywhere. Running on top of
the campus network. Even had local dial in. Linux/Apache
deployed, of course. Most likely Samba, too, though I was
unable to confirm this.
Karsten
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