title: [The computer assisted pacemaker clinic at the regional hospital of Udine (author's transl)].
abstract: For a close follow-up of large groups of pacemaker patients and for evaluation of long term pacing on a reliable statistical basis, many pacemaker centers in the world are now using computer systems. A patient data system with structured display records, designed to give complete, comprehensive and surveyable information and which are immediately retrievable 24 hours a day, on display or printed sets, seems to offer an ideal solution. The pacemaker clinic at the Regional Hospital of Udine has adopted this type of system. The clinic in linked to a live, on-line patient data system (G/3, Informatica Friuli-Venezia Giulia). The input and retrieval of information are made through a conventional keyboard. The input formats have fixed headings with coded alternatives and a limited space for comments in free text. The computer edits the coded information to surveyable reviews. Searches can be made on coded information and data of interest.
mesh_terms: D003201:Computers; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D009862:Online Systems; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial
vernacular_title: Il sistema automatico per la gestione dell'ambulatorio dei portatori di pacemaker all'Ospedale Regionale di Udine.