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A simple client-server system using a personal computer as the server.

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  • 1Department of Medical Information Science, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.

Journal of Medical Systems
|April 27, 2000
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Developing hospital information systems can be costly. This study created an easily maintained order entry system using personal computers as servers, demonstrating cost and time effectiveness for future intranet applications.

Area of Science:

  • Health Informatics
  • Computer Science

Background:

  • Hospital information systems (HIS) have become increasingly complex and expensive to develop and maintain.
  • Rising costs pose a significant challenge for healthcare institutions seeking to optimize their IT infrastructure.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a cost-effective and easily maintainable order entry system for hospital intranet information systems.
  • To evaluate the feasibility of using personal computers as servers in a client-server architecture for HIS.

Main Methods:

  • A server-client architecture was implemented using a personal computer as the server.
  • Commercial database management systems and software development tools were utilized.
  • Turn-around times were measured with one and ten simultaneous clients to assess performance.

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Main Results:

  • An easily maintained order entry system was developed in just three months by a single programmer.
  • Turn-around times were recorded at 8 seconds for one client and 10 seconds for ten clients.
  • The system demonstrated efficient performance even with multiple simultaneous users.

Conclusions:

  • Personal computers can serve as effective and economical servers for hospital intranet information systems.
  • This approach offers a significant reduction in development time and maintenance costs.
  • Future application systems leveraging personal computers as intranet servers are projected to be highly cost and time effective.