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Diogene was developed in the 1970's by [http://scherrer.hcuge.ch/biography.htm Professeur Jean-Raoul Scherrer, MD] at the [http://www.hug-ge.ch/index.html University Hospital] in Geneva, Switzerland.
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Diogene was developed in the 1970's by [http://scherrer.hcuge.ch/biography.htm Professeur Jean-Raoul Scherrer, MD] at the [http://www.hug-ge.ch/index.html University Hospital] in Geneva, Switzerland. Initially designed from 1971 to 1973 (1). 
Originally developed to support adminstrative procedures, Diogene now supports many applications including lab,radiology,pharmacy.  The system has both a centralized patient database, and centralized group of operators who train and support users.
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Originally developed to support adminstrative procedures, Diogene now supports many applications including lab, radiology, pharmacy (2).  The system has both a centralized patient database, and centralized group of operators who train and support users. The centralized patient database includes mechanisms for data protection and recovery of a transaction-oriented system. It also includes a separate network of remote printers that provides service throughout the entire institution; and a three-component structure that enhance communication between administrative and medical applications (1).
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The project was approved and funded in 1973 and in 1978 it was fully adapted as the hospital information system for the University Hospital of Geneva (3). It retained its architectural unity until Diogene 2 was launched.
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In 1993, Unimage, a radiology information system was created and implemented at the Cantonal University Hospital of Geneva as a part of the migration towards the DIOGENE 2 hospital information system. It was designed to fit the needs of the radiology department, and to operate in different services, i.e. diagnostic radiology, nuclear medicine and therapy radiology. It offered a simple two-way data communication with the PACS world. It was designed for a distributed environment, as well as a graphical (X/Motif) user interface (4).
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The need for modification and extension over the years led to the creation of “Diogene 2” a full-scale distributed/open hospital information system 2 by June 1995 (5) (it went from centralized to an open distributed architecture). Diogene 2 was created to reach other public hospitals and general practioners in the Geneva.  Diogene 2 integrated knowledge by incorporating knowledge bases such as Medline providing relevant information for helping the physician to take adequate decisions; and medico-economical issues helping to understand resources consumption (6). 
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In 1999, a newly developed clinical vocabulary was built.  The vocabulary was created based on the international ICD classification which facilitated the communication and exchange of data (7).
  
Unimage is a new radiology information system (RIS), that has been implemented at the Cantonal University Hospital of Geneva within the framework of the migration towards the DIOGENE 2 hospital information system. It was designed to fit the needs of the radiology department, and to operate in different services, i.e. diagnostic radiology, nuclear medicine and therapy radiology. It offers a simple two-way data communication with the PACS world. It was designed for a distributed environment, as well as a graphical (X/Motif) user interface.
 
  
 
== References ==
 
== References ==

Revision as of 13:14, 20 January 2009

Diogene was developed in the 1970's by Professeur Jean-Raoul Scherrer, MD at the University Hospital in Geneva, Switzerland. Initially designed from 1971 to 1973 (1). Originally developed to support adminstrative procedures, Diogene now supports many applications including lab, radiology, pharmacy (2). The system has both a centralized patient database, and centralized group of operators who train and support users. The centralized patient database includes mechanisms for data protection and recovery of a transaction-oriented system. It also includes a separate network of remote printers that provides service throughout the entire institution; and a three-component structure that enhance communication between administrative and medical applications (1).

The project was approved and funded in 1973 and in 1978 it was fully adapted as the hospital information system for the University Hospital of Geneva (3). It retained its architectural unity until Diogene 2 was launched.

In 1993, Unimage, a radiology information system was created and implemented at the Cantonal University Hospital of Geneva as a part of the migration towards the DIOGENE 2 hospital information system. It was designed to fit the needs of the radiology department, and to operate in different services, i.e. diagnostic radiology, nuclear medicine and therapy radiology. It offered a simple two-way data communication with the PACS world. It was designed for a distributed environment, as well as a graphical (X/Motif) user interface (4).

The need for modification and extension over the years led to the creation of “Diogene 2” a full-scale distributed/open hospital information system 2 by June 1995 (5) (it went from centralized to an open distributed architecture). Diogene 2 was created to reach other public hospitals and general practioners in the Geneva. Diogene 2 integrated knowledge by incorporating knowledge bases such as Medline providing relevant information for helping the physician to take adequate decisions; and medico-economical issues helping to understand resources consumption (6).

In 1999, a newly developed clinical vocabulary was built. The vocabulary was created based on the international ICD classification which facilitated the communication and exchange of data (7).


References

1. 1990: Scherrer J R; Baud R H; Hochstrasser D; Ratib O. An integrated hospital information system in Geneva. M.D. computing : computers in medical practice 1990;7(2):81-9.

2. Scherrer JR, Baud R, de Roulet D. Moving toward the future design of HIS: A view from the seventies to the end of the nineties, The Diogene paradigm. in Hospital Information Systems by Prokosch and Dudeck

3. Borst F, Griesser P, Bourdilloud R, Scherrer JR. Fifteen years of medical encoding in the Diogene HIS. Medinfo. 1995;8 Pt 1:43-6.

4. Do QH, Conti S, Muñoz J, Pillou E, Tacchino M, Ratib O, Trayser G. Unimage, a new RIS for the DIOGENE 2 environment at Geneva Cantonal University Hospital. Med Inform (Lond). 1993;18(2):143-8

5. Scherrer JR, Lovis C, Baud R, Borst F, Spahni S. Integrated computerized patient records: the DIOGENE 2 distributed architecture paradigm with special emphasis on its middleware design. Stud Health Technol Inform. 1998;56:15-31.

6. Borst F, Lovis C, Thurler G, Maricot P, Rossier P, Revillard C, Scherrer JR.Happy birthday DIOGENE: a hospital information system born 20 years ago. Stud Health Technol Inform. 1998;52 Pt 2:922-6.

7. Bréant C, Borst F, Campi D, Griesser V, Le HS. Expanding DIOGENE with a clinical information system based on a new hospital-wide clinical finding dictionary. Stud Health Technol Inform. 1999;68:7-11.