The virtual hospital. Providing multimedia decision support tools via the Internet
Galvin, J.R.; D'Alessandro, M.P.; Erkonen, W.E.; Smith, W.L.; el-Khoury, G.Y.; Weinstein, J.N.
Spine 20(15): 1735-1738
1995
ISSN/ISBN: 0362-2436 PMID: 7482027 Document Number: 443548
Physicians in the clinical setting remain isolated from important sources of medical information. The authors have created a multimedia database known as The Virtual Hospital that improves access to current medical data, which is used to improve patient care decisions. The Virtual Hospital is a digital health sciences library stored on a server (computer) at The University of Iowa and delivered via the Internet to inexpensive personal computers in the workplace. The emerging standard of the World Wide Web is used to provide cross-platform distribution.