But the relatively low cost of intranet systems for streamlining data is giving healthcare organizations an affordable means of achieving a competitive edge in the way business is conducted as well as the way their patients are treated. Now, finding information is a matter of typing the right commands into a computer. The intranet puts patients' medical histories at physicians' browser-enabled fingertips. Information such as allergies, medications used, and surgeries a patient has had, are all available. Access to CareWeb is not limited to physicians and nurses.
Patients have quick and easy online access to their own medical information.
They can also fill prescriptions and request referrals. Users simply need a browser and a password, which is provided by CareWeb, to access the intranet. Full auditing and special commands in Web pages prevent users from caching in the browser. Copyright 2001 INT Media Group, Incorporated All Rights Reserved.