Evolution and integration of medical laboratory information system in an Asia national medical center
Resource
IEICE TRANS.COMMUN,E92-B(2),1-9.
Journal
IEICE Transactions on Communications
Journal Volume
E92-B
Journal Issue
2
Pages
379-386
Date Issued
2009
Author(s)
Cheng, Po-Hsun
Chen, Sao-Jie
Lai, Jin-Shin
Cheng, Po-Hsun
Chen, Sao-Jie
Lai, Jin-Shin
Abstract
This work elucidates the evolution of three generations of the laboratory information system in the National Taiwan University Hospital, which were respectively implemented in an IBM Series/1 mini-computer, a client/server and a plug-and-play HL7 interface engine environment respectively. The experience of using the HL7 healthcare information exchange in the hospital information system, laboratory information system, and automatic medical instruments over the past two decades are illustrated and discussed. The latest design challenge in developing intelligent laboratory information services is to organize effectively distributed and heterogeneous medical instruments through the message gateways. Such experiences had spread to some governmental information systems for different purposes in Taiwan; besides, the healthcare information exchange standard, software reuse mechanism, and application service provider adopted in developing the plug-and-play laboratory information system are also illustrated.
Type
journal article