The Computer Medical Record in Health Screening^[*]) ^[**])

Computerized data banks require very complex patient record files. Our method of storing medical data from a multiphasic health screening program is described in detail, induding the mechanics for providing on-line medical record linkage.

Automatisierte Datertbanken erfordern sehr komplexe Patientendateien. Verfasser beschreibt die Methodik der Datenspeicherung eines multidimensionalen Gesundheitsscreening-Programms einschließlich der für ein On-line Record Linkage erforderlichen Mechanismen.

Key-Words

Computer Medical Record - Multiphasic Screening - Record Linkage - Data Base

Schlüssel-Wörter

Maschinelles Krankenblatt - Vorsorgeuntersuchungen - Daten-Verknüpfung - Datenbanken.

^* The research aspects of this program are supported in part by the National Center for Health Services ResearchDevelopment (Grant HS 00288),the Kaiser Foundation Research Institute.

^** Presented at the 7th International Biometric Conference in Hannover, Germany, August 18, 1970.

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