Methods Inf Med 1970; 09(03): 171-176
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1636008
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Computer-Assisted Research of Medical Records

A Facilitated Access File for Physical Examination, Laboratory, and Diagnostic Data[*)] ComputerunterstÜtzte Krankenblatt AuswertungEine Datei Zum Erleichterten Zugriff Auf Untersuchungsbefunde, Laboratoriumsund Diagnostische Daten
L. J. Schneiderman St
1   From the Department of Medicine, Stanford. University School ol Medicine, Stanford, Calilorniaj
,
M. Baylor
1   From the Department of Medicine, Stanford. University School ol Medicine, Stanford, Calilorniaj
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Publication Date:
10 February 2018 (online)

The Facilitated Access File, described herein, has proved to be an acceptable, relatively simple, yet feasible strategy for general medical record information retrieval at a university hospital clinic. Physicians record physical examination data in free-text mode, then through a rapid exercise of judgment, create an index to these data which is computer-stored. Such an index file provides future investigators facilitated access back to the original handwritten data and permits a variety of statistical studies. The system has been in use for over a year and has proved to be of value in clinical research and student teaching.

Der hier beschriebene »Facilitated Access File« hat sich in einer Universitäts-Klinik als angenehme, relativ einfach durchführbare Strategie zur Bereitstellung von Krankenblattinformationen erwiesen. Die Ärzte vermerken die Untersuchungsbefunde in Klartext und geben dann — in einer Art rascher Urteilsbildung — eine Zusammenfassung dieser Daten, welche im Computer gespeichert wird. Dieser Index-File ermöglicht zukünftigen Untersuchern einen erleichterten Zugang zu den handschriftlichen Originaldaten und gestattet die Durchführung einer Reihe von statistischen Erhebungen. Das System ist seit über einem Jahr in Betrieb -und hat sich für die klinische Forschung und den akademischen Unterricht bewährt.

* Supported in part by USPHS Grant RR-00311 to the Stanford Computation Center-ACME Real-time Facility.


 
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