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wHospital: A Web-Based Application With Digital Signature for Drugs Dispensing Management

Overview wHospital is the result of an information technology research project, based on the utilization of a web based application for managing the hospital drugs dispensing. Part of wHospital back bone and its key distinguishing characteristic is the adoption of the digital signature system, initially deployed by the Government of Lombardia, a Northern Italy Region, throughout the distribution of smart cards to all the healthcare and hospital staffs. The developed system is a web-based application with a proposed Health Records Digital Signature (HReDS) handshake to comply with the national law and with the Joint Commission International Standards. The prototype application, for a single hospital Operative Unit (OU), has focused on data and process management, related to drug therapy.

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Publisher	Politecnico di Milano	File Format	PDF
Date Published	April 2006	Downloads	1
Format	White Papers
Topics	Digital Signatures, Smart Cards, Application Development

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