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18 - Information technology aspects of assisted conception
- By René van den Berg, Infertility Database Ltd, London, UK
Edited by Paul Serhal, Caroline Overton
Book:

Good Clinical Practice in Assisted Reproduction

Published online:

22 October 2009

Print publication:

01 July 2004, pp 310-318
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Summary

The ideal information technology solution is a totally integrated system, encompassing all areas of the daily clinical and administrative work routine. The ideal software integrates all aspects of the processing of information. Where patients are registered through a central hospital system, interaction with existing hospital systems is sometimes appropriate, and seamless interfacing between the clinic software and the hospital system should be achieved. This chapter describes a scenario that gives an overview of the possible application of information technology in an assisted conception unit. It lists the advantages of a computerized system over a paper-based system. Due to the lack of commercially available software in the past, a number of clinics have resorted to creating their own software package. Taking an integrated approach to the installation and implementation of the computer system ensures that maximum advantage is gained.