m-doc: mobile solution for hospitals

Abstract: Access to patient information is critical in modern health care. Desktop computers are no longer the only mean for accessing digitally stored information. Per-sonal Digital Assistants (PDAs) offer clinicians the ability to enter and manage critical information at the point of care. However, this information is only of value, if it can be merged with other clinical and administrative information in the hospital. We have de-veloped a client/server architecture for clinical documentation which uses PDAs and a server to communicate bidirectionally with hospital information systems. Secure data transmission over a wireless network (Bluetooth or wireless LAN) provides immedi-ate delivery of new or modi£ed information. Centralised update of shared information improves the clinical work¤ow while reducing the administration overhead of such a distributed system