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Abstract

Grant Number:	1F38LM000072-01
Project Title:	DEVELOPMENT OF WEB BASED LABORATORY ORDER ENTRY SYSTEM

PI Information:	Name	Email	Title
	TERRAZAS, ENRIQUE

Abstract: To implement a world wide web based laboratory order entry system at UCSF that will facilitate the test ordering process, reduce labor costs, and accelerate the speed and accuracy of transmitting physician orders. The project design will utilize a Unix based web server with a relational database engine, using cgi and java programming to facilitate communication from client machines to server. The client machines deployed will be thin-clients (either NetPC s, NC computers, or other alternate), which will reduce system administration and offer a consistent interface to the end user. Security issues are foremost in the design process. By using software based on common standards and using a distributed architecture, we hope to achieve integration with legacy systems (Sunquest, etc) and system deployment with minimal costs compared to large, monolithic, proprietary systems. Use of a relation database engine will allow sophisticated queries, and will allow for future integration of expanded functions. Use of common health care standards (Health Level 7, LOINC, TCP/IP) will allow for integration with computing devices.

Public Health Relevance:
This Public Health Relevance is not available.

Thesaurus Terms:
Internet, computer system design /evaluation
computer processing of laboratory data, computer program /software, information retrieval

Institution:	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO
	3333 California St., Ste 315
	SAN FRANCISCO, CA 941430962
Fiscal Year:	1998
Department:	LABORATORY MEDICINE
Project Start:	01-SEP-1998
Project End:
ICD:	NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE
IRG:	BLR

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