Internet as clinical information system: application development using the World Wide Web.
Clinical computing application development at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center has been limited by the lack of a flexible programming environment that supports multiple client user platforms. The World Wide Web offers a potential solution, with its multifunction servers, multiplatform clients, and use of standard protocols for displaying information. The authors are now using the Web, coupled with their own local clinical data server and vocabulary server, to carry out rapid prototype [...]
Author(s): Cimino, J J, Socratous, S A, Clayton, P D
DOI: 10.1136/jamia.1995.96073829