Intended Use: FORUM is a software system intended for use in storage, management, processing, and display of patient, diagnostic, video and image data and measurement from computerized diagnostic instruments or documentation systems through networks. It is intended to work with other FORUM applications.FORUM is intended for use in review of patient, diagnostic and image data and measurement by trained healthcare professionals.
An application software program, routines, and/or algorithms used as or in an information system to electronically receive, collect, store, manage, assist in analysis of, display, output, and distribute data, within or between healthcare facilities, to support the electronic registration and documentation of patient clinical data. It typically enables healthcare providers to review and update patient medical records, place orders (e.g., for medications, procedures, tests), and sometimes view multimedia data from many specialties. It is supplied for installation into a dedicated information system for patient health records, or existing mainframe or decentralized computers/networks.