Author/Editor		Berčič, Boštjan; Zelič, Igor; Cerkvenik, Gregor; Slavec, Smiljana; Rems, Miran
Title		From legacy systems towards modern health information systems
Type		članek
Source		In: Cesnik B, McCray AT, Scherrer J-R, editors. MedInfo '98. Proceedings of the 9th world congress on medical informatics. Part 1, part 2; 1998; Seoul. Amsterdam: IOS Press,
Publication year		1998
Volume		str. 931-4
Language		eng
Abstract		This article describes an approach of transferring legacy hospital information system to a modern HIS, which would support requirements of modern information age. There are several reasons, which force us to perform such a migration: from the weakness of design of legacy system to the need of covering new technologies (such as Inter/intranet) and new business conditions. The transition should be gradual, therefore a multilevel approach to the data is surggested, enabling us the transition, as well as including of the new, upcoming standards. The process of transition was started by the system covering the doctor's work. Responses to this part were very positive; therefore, we estimate that we are on the right way. We, however, know that the transitions will be neither fast nor cheap and this is the reason we shall have to find some more solutions.
Descriptors		HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS HEALTH CARE COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS COMPUTER SECURITY