Medical Informatics Europe 82: Fourth Congress of the European Federation of Medical Informatics Proceedings, Dublin, Ireland, March 21–25, 1982

Front Matter....Pages N1-XX
Design Implications for Database Management Systems Supporting Hospital Information Systems....Pages 1-6
Hospital Information System with Interconnections in a District....Pages 7-13
Organization of a Cooperation for Further Development and Implementation of an Integrated Hospital Information System....Pages 14-20
The Information System of the Göttingen Hospital....Pages 21-27
The Extension of the MSH Basic Medical Documentation System to Allow for Interactive Data Acquisition....Pages 28-34
A Computer Assisted Radiology Reporting and Retrieval System....Pages 35-40
A Computer-Assisted Patient Record System....Pages 41-47
A Meal-Distribution System in an Integrated HIS....Pages 48-50
Information about Patients in Hospital English Recommendations for a National Minimum Data Set....Pages 51-55
Clinical Experience with RADOS....Pages 56-56
A Fundamental Data Base Design for Clinical Laboratory Information Systems....Pages 57-63
Computer Aided Evaluation of HPLC (High Pressure Liquid Chromatography) with Fluorometric Detection....Pages 64-69
Structured Analysis, a Method to Document Clinical Laboratory Systems....Pages 70-75
Automation of a Number of Similar Laboratories within a Single Hospital....Pages 76-81
Experience with a Mumps Based System for Clinical Chemistry....Pages 82-88
Monitoring Antibiotic Sensitivity and Bacterial Infections in a Hospital....Pages 89-94
Distributed Information Processing in Histopathology....Pages 95-101
Computerisation of a Non-Invasive Method for the Determination of Cardiac Output....Pages 102-107
Portable Microcomputers in Pathology: Surgical Pathology in the Electronic Laboratory....Pages 108-111
Interdependence of Information Processing between EDP-System, Blood Bank Organization, and Blood Recipient....Pages 112-114
Computer Assisted Real-Time Quality Control in a Hospital Blood Bank....Pages 115-117
 On the Peculiar Distribution Pattern of Health Services or Clinical Chemistry in Primary Health Care....Pages 118-120
Irish External Quality Assessment Scheme in Clinical Biochemistry....Pages 121-123
On-Line Quality Control in Clinical Chemistry....Pages 124-128
A Computerized Obstetrical Medical Record and Data Base System....Pages 129-135
Continuous Intrapartum Fetal Electrocardiography Using a Real-Time Computer....Pages 136-142
A Unique Real-Time Computerised Method of Obstetric Data Collection....Pages 143-148
Intrapartum Monitoring and its Effects on Pregnancy Outcome....Pages 149-155
The Logical Development of a Perinatal Data Base for Clinicians....Pages 156-161
Developing a Register of Randomised Controlled Trials in Perinatal Medicine....Pages 162-167
A Comparative Study on the merits of CAESAREAN SECTION AND VAGINAL DELIVERY in the management of Breech Births....Pages 168-175
Forecast Model for the Outcome of a Pregnancy....Pages 176-179
Perinatal Notification System....Pages 180-187
The Hannover Perinatal Study....Pages 188-194
Hip Prosthesis Design....Pages 195-200
Automated ECG Analysis in Screening for Coronary Heart Disease....Pages 201-207
Information-theoretic analysis of human epileptic seizure EEGs....Pages 208-214
Closed Loop EP-Processing....Pages 215-221
Thermo-Blood-Flowmetry, Microprocessor Processed Thermograms....Pages 222-227
EEG Analysis Methods in Experimental Neurophysiological Research....Pages 228-232
Count Rate Distortions Introduced in Gamma Camera Data by a Nuclear Medical Image Analysis System....Pages 233-238
A Computerised System for Electrocochleographic (ECOG) Measurement....Pages 239-241
Toward a Monitoring of the Anesthesia Level on the Basis of the EEG....Pages 242-244
An EEG Machine with an Integral Microprocessor....Pages 245-246
Computation of the Pressure Derivative and Relaxation Indices Using Digital Signal Techniques....Pages 247-249
Computational Requirements for Digital Fluoroscopy — Specification of Existing Systems and their Relationship with Nuclear Medicine Image Processors....Pages 250-252
Classification Procedures in Connection with Biological Signals: Computerized Recognition of Persons by EEG Spectral Patterns....Pages 253-255
An Interpreter for Matrix Graphics....Pages 256-258
Computerized Analysis of Somatosensorial Evoked Potential....Pages 259-261
Text Processing Systems for the Doctor’s Office....Pages 262-271
Research into Decision — Making Strategies Used in General Practice....Pages 272-279
Reflections on an Interactive Computerised History-Taking System in a General Medical Practice....Pages 280-284
CAPOS — Computer — Aided — Physicians — Office — System....Pages 285-287
Patient Compliance in Hypertension Care: The Critical Role of the Computer....Pages 288-295
The Mission System: Application of New Technology to Improvement of Physician-System Interfaces In Ambulatory Care Information Systems....Pages 296-302
The Automatic Treatment of the Information in the Medical Records at the Level of the General Practitioner....Pages 303-305
General Practitioners Information System....Pages 306-308
The Computerised Nursing Record — An Effective Means of Communication....Pages 309-316
Nurse Allocation with Computer Assistance — Extension to a Manpower Planner....Pages 317-321
Utilizing an On-Line Computer System for Patient Classification and Staff Determination....Pages 322-328
Regional Study of Community Nursing Policy....Pages 329-335
Quantitative Evaluation of the Effects of Computerisation on the Nursing Record....Pages 336-342
The Role of a Computerised Information System in the Nursing Care of the Elderly....Pages 343-347
The Use of CLINFO as a Teaching Tool to Introduce Health Care Personnel to Computers and their Applications....Pages 348-354
Simultaneous Pharmacy Computerization in 3 University Hospitals....Pages 355-361
The Role of Case Documentation in Poison Information....Pages 362-368
Pharmacy System Planning and Organizational Growth....Pages 369-371
20 Years of Adverse Drug Reaction Monitoring: A Review....Pages 372-379
Using a Micro-Computer for Drug Monitoring in General Practice....Pages 380-386
The Development of Integrated Computer Facilities within a District Health Authority....Pages 387-393
A real time system for patient data administration in university hospitals with distributed processing....Pages 394-400
The DP-supported Appointment and Control System SARA (Scheduling and Resource Allocation)....Pages 401-408
Toren, a Tool of Management....Pages 409-413
“Structured” Techniques for Design — Experiences in their Use for an Extensive Hospital Computer System....Pages 414-419
Implementation of a Computer System during the Commissioning of a New Private Hospital....Pages 420-422
Information Systems Planning for a Regional Health Board....Pages 423-427
Management Data System in Intensive Care....Pages 428-433
A Distributed Systems Approach to Patient Monitoring and Medical Data Management....Pages 434-446
A Registration System in an Intensive Care Unit....Pages 447-449
Electronic Records in Accident & Emergency....Pages 450-455
Information Analysis of an Emergency Unit and of a Prediagnosis Unit....Pages 456-462
Simultaneous Studies of Intracranial Pressure and Electroencephalogram....Pages 463-465
A Microcomputer System for patient data management in the Intensive Care Unit....Pages 466-467
A Drug Infusion Calculator for the Administration of Continuous IV Drugs....Pages 468-469
On the Development of a Computer-Assisted Diagnostic Strategy....Pages 470-476
A Tool for Decision Making Assistance: SPHINX....Pages 477-483
Decision Supporting System for Screening Patients for Certain Rheumatic Disorders....Pages 484-488
A Non-Stationary Markov Model Applied to the Follow-Up of Patients Treated for Thyrotoxicosis....Pages 489-494
CADIAG 1: A Computer-Assisted Diagnostic System on the Basis of Symbolic Logic and Its Application in Internal Medicine....Pages 495-505
A Study of the Agreement of Medical Information Application to Histological Slide Readings in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia....Pages 506-512
Acquiring Data the Logical Way....Pages 513-514
Subjective Health Status Components in a General Population Survey....Pages 515-521
Statistical Comparison of Two Radiographic Methods for Screening for Cancer of the Breast....Pages 522-528
Cost-Benefit Analysis in Intensive Care Medicine....Pages 529-531
Are Computers Used Appropriately in Preventive Child Health?....Pages 532-538
On the Evaluation of Some Coronary Care Units....Pages 539-544
Northwest-German Hemophilia Study An Example of Descriptive Epidemiology and Evaluation of Health Care....Pages 545-547
Study of Sudden Cardiac Death....Pages 548-550
Strategic Planning of a Cardiovascular Registry for the Province of Alberta....Pages 551-552
Simple Measures in a Complex Reality....Pages 553-555
Spanish Medical Literature Data Bases: IME and BILIME....Pages 556-559
Semantic Representation: A Model for Information Retrieval from Medical Literature....Pages 560-566
Literature and Research Data-Bases in the Field of Medicine and Health-Care — an International Review with Enduser’s Aspects....Pages 567-579
Clearing-House for On-Going Research in Cancer Epidemiology....Pages 580-588
Information Mediation from the Viewpoint of Information Specialists. A Delphi Study Concerning the Biomedical Communication Network Dimdinet....Pages 589-595
Informatrics: The Clinical Trial System of Ciba-Geigy....Pages 596-601
Cardiocod Database — Clinical Usability and Responsiveness Evaluation (1979–1981)....Pages 602-603
A Comparative Evaluation of Sources of Information on Occupational Diseases....Pages 604-604
Etat de Sante....Pages 605-610
Computerized Epidemiometric Model of Shigellosis and Its Use in Assessing Potential Usefulness of New Tools for Disease Control....Pages 611-617
MONITOR A System for the Evaluation of Mortality Data....Pages 618-624
Demographic Models and the Finnish Mental Hospital Population....Pages 625-631
Reliability of the Aid Analysis in Samples from Fixed Populations....Pages 632-638
Natural History of Alcohol Dependence and Alcohol Related Disabilities....Pages 639-645
Application of Time Series Analysis to Retrospective Data of a Central London Clinic for the Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases....Pages 646-651
Education in Medical Informatics — The Role of the Application Area in a Curriculum of Applied Informatics —....Pages 652-661
Information Systems and Computer Science Module in the Training of Community Physicians in Developing Countries: The Experience in Lagos, Nigeria....Pages 662-662
Computers and Continuing Education in the Health Sciences....Pages 663-668
Interest of a Microcomputer Piloting Slides and Videotape in Medical Programmed Teaching....Pages 669-672
Training Anaesthetists to cope with an Emergency in the Operating Theatre: the Use of the Microcomputer....Pages 673-679
The Education of Documentalists at the Advanced Specialized College Level....Pages 680-682
Postgraduate Education of ‘Non-Physicians’ to Specialists in Medicine in the Field of Medical Informatics — a Novel Systemic Approach to an Older Problem —....Pages 683-684
Finding Sources for Resources....Pages 685-685
Privacy, Data Decay and the Long Term Medical Record....Pages 686-691
Medical Computing and Industrial Relations....Pages 692-699
The design of a National Information System for Thalassemia....Pages 700-704
The Regional Oncological Center in Uppsala. Development, Functions and Information Processing....Pages 705-705
A Community Care Information System....Pages 706-712
Irish Psychiatric Case Registers, Their Contribution to Community Health Care....Pages 713-719
Register of Treated Alcoholics in the Socialist Republic of Croatia....Pages 720-724
Spanish National Child Cancer Registry (NCCR)....Pages 725-729
An Analysis of Short-Stay Cases in an Acute General Hospital....Pages 730-736
A Data Base for the Study of Therapeutical Strategies for Haemophiliacs....Pages 737-743
Computer Supported Interactive Development of Information Flow Systems....Pages 744-749
Microcomputer and Mumps Based Reference Value Support in Laboratory....Pages 750-754
Data Dictionaries in the Software Engineering Environment....Pages 755-761
The Development of a Low Cost Laboratory Interface Unit....Pages 762-766
A System for On-Line Detection and Analysis of Saccadic Eye Movements....Pages 767-769
The Development of a Distributed Systems Approach in a Teaching Hospital....Pages 770-776
Co-Ordinated Decentralised Computer Systems....Pages 777-783
Features of Micro Data Base Systems and their Impact on Applications in Health Care Systems....Pages 784-790
On Integrity Constraints and Catalogues in Relational Database Supporting Clinical Research....Pages 791-797
Data Reliability in Large Data Bases....Pages 798-804
Recovery Possibilities in the Practice of an Integrated Hospital Information System....Pages 805-811
The Use of Phonetic Code for Patient Identification....Pages 812-817
A Data Base Package for a Small System and a Medical Application....Pages 818-824
A data model for a personnel information system....Pages 825-829
A Computer Network in a Research Environment....Pages 830-835
Correction of Spelling Errors in Medical Records in a Free-Text-Coding-System of Pathology....Pages 836-842
A Threshold Method of Approximate String Matching....Pages 843-849
AURA: A Clinical Data Bank Based on Free Text....Pages 850-856
An Information System for Text Retrieval of Medical Records....Pages 857-862
Formal Means for the Semantic Representation of Medical Data and Clinical Knowledge....Pages 863-865
The Role of Moddelling in Care System Planning and Care Evaluation....Pages 866-866
A model for dataflow in the current Dutch Health Care System....Pages 867-873
Deployment of Emergency Anaesthetists....Pages 874-880
Comparison of the Costs of Two Anesthetic Equipments....Pages 881-886
Review of Modelling and Computing in a Cancer Treatment Centre....Pages 887-894
Microcomputer Aided Psychophysiological System-Analytic Investigation Method — New Facilities for Preventive Medicine....Pages 895-897
The Edinburgh PRAMS Scheme (Pre-Registration Appointments Matching)....Pages 898-903
The Medical Record as a Basis for Decision Making....Pages 904-908
 The Challenge of Medical Informatics — Delusions or New Perspectives? —....Pages 909-924
Back Matter....Pages 925-938