Dissemination of patient data in the Erlangen Hospital communication and information system

It is necessary to exchange information between the various institutions of the medical faculty of the University of Erlangen-Nurnberg. For example, basic patient data, which is collected in a central computer, must be distributed to various stations and laboratories. Also medical findings, which are already captured in computers in central laboratories, must be transmitted to various parts of the university hospitals. After the data network, consisting of a glass fiber backbone linking the buildings and cabling in the individual departments, had been implemented, it became possible to provide an electronic exchange of medical information.