Automated medical records technology at the National Cancer Institute-Egypt: a case study in technology transfer

The National Cancer Institute-Cairo, Egypt (NCI) has adopted three different approaches to the automated medical record. These approaches are: the use of an integrated hospital information system, a document scanning system, and an imaging system. This paper discusses each of these approaches with regard to its benefits, technology-implemented and technology-related issues, and the social and cultural differences between implementations in developed and developing countries.