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. 2001 Jan;14(1):27-31.
doi: 10.1080/08998280.2001.11927727.

Medicine on the Internet

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Medicine on the Internet

M M Shabot. Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent). 2001 Jan.
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Figure 1
Figure 1
The home page available at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, listing knowledge-based resource options and other information available at workstations in the hospital as well as clinical data available through log-in at any computer.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Proposed Internet-based clinical services.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Proposed Internet-based administrative services.
Figure 4
Figure 4
A screen for physicians from Cedars-Sinai's Web Viewing System showing recent laboratory values for a patient along with the menu for other data the physician can access.
Figure 5
Figure 5
Sample operative report available online from Cedars-Sinai's Web Viewing System.
Figure 6
Figure 6
(a) An online electrocardiogram from Cedars-Sinai's Web Viewing System. (b) Real-time waveforms from patients in intensive care units and other monitored care areas at Cedars-Sinai. Physicians can access real-time data from workstations in the hospital and hourly extracts of intensive care unit flowsheets from any computer with Internet access, as long as they have a Cedars-Sinai– issued digital certificate to securely identify themselves.
Figure 7
Figure 7
(a) A screen from Cedars-Sinai's Web Viewing System showing thumbnail images of an abdominal computed tomography scan. (b) Enlarged computed tomography image.
Figure 8
Figure 8
(a) Log-on screen for the Palm VII to wirelessly access Cedars-Sinai's Palm Viewing System (Palm/VS). (b) Wireless Palm VII access to intensive care unit flowchart information, including hourly vital signs and ventilator settings (off-screen, below).

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