Open AccessMicrocomputer patient database management system for an MRI facility
Author(s) -
BA Holshouser,
W G Bradley
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
american journal of roentgenology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.294
H-Index - 196
eISSN - 1546-3141
pISSN - 0361-803X
DOI - 10.2214/ajr.146.4.871
Subject(s) - microcomputer , medicine , data management , database , software , computer data storage , electronic data processing , data collection , management system , patient data , file system , computer hardware , operating system , computer science , operations management , telecommunications , chip , statistics , mathematics , economics
A management system for a magnetic resonance imaging facility was developed to store pertinent patient data and to maintain a teaching file. The system was developed on a Digital PRO-350 microcomputer using a commercially available database software package. The cost of the system was about $7000. The patient data are entered at a terminal by a clerk typist. Input data are condensed or abbreviated to accommodate the limited data storage on the microcomputer. Cases can be rapidly retrieved and sorted on the basis of any of the 42 data fields available or any combination of these fields. The system has been successfully used for 18 months to create directories for a teaching file, for presentations, and for clinical research. Census-type data can be compiled, and the system can be used for word processing.