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The newly developed InfoDoctor System is an advanced
application of the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
software. It enables medical practitioners to manage
their patientsˇ¦ records and daily operations electronically
while minimizing administration inconvenience. It is
successfully adopted by Dr. Liu specializing in otolaryngology
after a few trial runs by various doctors in different
specialties.
Dr. Liu expressed that, like other medical practitioners,
he used to handwrite the patientsˇ¦ consultation history
in paper record cards and store in shelves with specially
allocated spaces. However, he encountered low administration
efficiency to file, track, retrieve and update over 50,000
patient records. Also, as his clinic is located in Central
with high rental cost, it is not worth to pay high rent
for stocking up thousands of paper records. After seeing
the demonstration of the InfoDoctor System, Dr. Liu thought
that the software could provide a great solution to his
problems and was very satisfied with the other features
as well.
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InfoDoctor System is an innovation use of a Tablet PC
Platform supporting handwriting and voice recording
functions. It preserves Dr. Liuˇ¦s current practice of
handwriting and frees him and the nurses from the hassle
of data input by typewriting. Dr. Liu can simply record
consultation and medical history by writing texts and
drawing diagrams on the screen directly with the digital
color pen and rubber. He can also record the consultation
conversation by using the voice recording function.
The Tablet platform with wireless capability also enables
Dr. Liu with higher mobility and portability of patient
records when he travels between his clinic and hospitals
for patient operation. Also, since the patient records
are in electronic format, this makes it more convenient
and effortless to share patient history among nurses
and other referral doctors.
The InfoDoctor System can efficiently maintain patientsˇ¦
records, consultation booking, consultation record,
diagnosis history, allergy reports, and medicine inventory
control in a single database. Old patient records could
be easily scanned as image and save physical storage
spaces. Clinic space previously used for filing purposes
can be converted to serve other medical equipment.
Dr. Liu is also impressed with the alert message prompt
up when patients have special illness or are allergic
to specific medicine. The incorporated drug database
including a list of common drugs and dosage greatly
helps to simplify the prescribing processes. This reduces
the chance of medical mistreatment due to transcribing
and administration errors.
The InfoDoctor System is a cutting-edge solution that
is unmatched by existing clinical management systems
in the market. It raises the awareness and urgency to
transform to electronic medical systems in the medical
industry. It also creates an atmosphere for further
research and development of electronic medical systems
in the industry. More web-based medical systems or mobile
version supported by PDA or smartphone with higher mobility
and easier management could be foreseen in the near
future.
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