TY  - JOUR
AU  - Lampsas, Petros
AU  - Vidalis, Ioannis
AU  - Papanikolaou, Christos
AU  - Vagelatos, Aristides
PY  - 2002
DA  - 2002/12/31
TI  - Implementation and Integration of Regional Health Care Data Networks in the Hellenic National Health Service
JO  - J Med Internet Res
SP  - e20
VL  - 4
IS  - 3
KW  - Computer communication networks
KW  - network architecture and design
KW  - computer security
KW  - internetworking
KW  - medical informatics
KW  - information systems
KW  - health information systems
AB  - Background: Modern health care is provided with close cooperation among many different institutions and professionals, using their specialized expertise in a common effort to deliver best-quality and, at the same time, cost-effective services. Within this context of the growing need for information exchange, the demand for realization of data networks interconnecting various health care institutions at a regional level, as well as a national level, has become a practical necessity. Objectives: To present the technical solution that is under consideration for implementing and interconnecting regional health care data networks in the Hellenic National Health System. Methods: The most critical requirements for deploying such a regional health care data network were identified as: fast implementation, security, quality of service, availability, performance, and technical support. Results: The solution proposed is the use of proper virtual private network technologies for implementing functionally-interconnected regional health care data networks. Conclusions: The regional health care data network is considered to be a critical infrastructure for further development and penetration of information and communication technologies in the Hellenic National Health System. Therefore, a technical approach was planned, in order to have a fast cost-effective implementation, conforming to certain specifications. 
SN  - 1438-8871
UR  - http://www.jmir.org/2002/3/e20/
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2196/jmir.4.3.e20
UR  - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12554551
DO  - 10.2196/jmir.4.3.e20
ID  - info:doi/10.2196/jmir.4.3.e20
ER  -