An automaton computer program for a microcomputerized real-time (thesaurus based) abstract medical record
✍ Scribed by B Huet; J.L Pourriat; J Martin; M Cupa
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1982
- Weight
- 667 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0010-468X
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✦ Synopsis
A study of the key wordings used by the doctors in medical records in ICU preceded this implementation: they constitute a thesaurus (2700 strings) organized in 2 trees. These strings are proposed along the dialogue which occurs between the microcomputer and the user; on these bases, several graphs allows movement in the tree by minimizatior~ of the pathway. The use of the thesaurus with the corresponding graphs necessitates only one automato~ program.
This medical data microcomputerized system is transparent for the user, thanks to a multilayered software, in the external layer the microcomputer provides access to the system by one of the following function keys: creation of a medical record, additional information on a medical record already ,,ztown, research of a medical record, listing of the open medical records, printing of a medical record. Each one of these function keys provides access to the following 5 chapters: identity, antecedents, reasons for admission, evolution, destiny; these chapters use parameterized procedures.
This software is implemented on a low-cost microcomputer fitted with a dual drive disk (170 kilobytes each) and a printer (90 characters/s).