The Open Medical Informatics Journal
2012, 6 : 15-25Published online 2012 May 18. DOI: 10.2174/1874431101206010015
Publisher ID: TOMINFOJ-6-15
RESEARCH ARTICLE
Digital Management of a Hysteroscopy Surgery Using Parts of the SNOMED Medical Model
1
Laboratory of Information Technology, Department of Archives and Library Sciences, Ionian University, Greece
2 Gynecology Department, Laboratory Medical School of Ioannina, Greece
3 Laboratory of Physiology, Medical School of Ioannina, Greece
* Address correspondence to this author at the Laboratory of Information Technology, Department of Archives and Library Sciences, Ionian University, Greece; Tel: +302661087429; Fax: +302661087433; E-mail: tkodka@ionio.gr
2 Gynecology Department, Laboratory Medical School of Ioannina, Greece
3 Laboratory of Physiology, Medical School of Ioannina, Greece
* Address correspondence to this author at the Laboratory of Information Technology, Department of Archives and Library Sciences, Ionian University, Greece; Tel: +302661087429; Fax: +302661087433; E-mail: tkodka@ionio.gr
ABSTRACT
This work describes a hysteroscopy surgery management application that was designed based on the medical information standard SNOMED. We describe how the application fulfils the needs of this procedure and the way in which existing handwritten medical information is effectively transmitted to the application’s database.