A patient referral and counter-referral management system for hospitals

Título:

A patient referral and counter-referral management system for hospitals

Autor:

Díaz, Francisco Javier

Colaboradores:

; Fava, Laura Andrea; Iuliano, Pablo José; Vilches Antao, Diego Gastón; Terzagui, María Alicia; Rosso, Jorge Horacio

Temas:

En:

Enterprise Information Systems Communications in Computer and Information Science, 2011,pp.185-193

Resumen:

Abstract. The increasing demand for superior medical attention, in addition to the low amount of resources in many of our country's health care institutions, has made patient referral and counter-referral an important administrative process that begins with a referral from a lower capacity institution to one with more complex assistance and diagnoses, and ends with a counter-referral to the original institution, with a specific diagnosis, information on the services admi- nistered and indications for further assistance. Poor communication among hos- pital professionals can sometimes result in unnecessary costly referrals and late transfers that can prove deadly. This article presents an informatic system de- veloped with Free Open Source Software technology that encourages an effi- cient usage of Dr. Noel H. Sbarra Specialized Hospital services, to improve the interaction among professionals of the health care network, in order to increase the capacity of the primary health care center and, thus, avoid the unnecessary transfer of younger patients

URL/DOI:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-24352-3_20

Medio:

Soporte electrónico

Tipo de documento:

Artículo

Descripción física:

1 archivo (454,6 KB)

Idioma:

Inglés

Publicación:

, 2011

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