First experiences with a documentation system via display terminals.
A documentation and monitoring system has been developed by members of the Department of Anesthesiology and the Department of Medical Data Processing of the Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen. It is conceived in such a way that it should cover all the needs of the department, which is to say that every anesthesia done by a staff member should be documented, supervised and assisted by the computer service. The anesthesiological staff works only with 16 color visual display units, which are installed in the different operation theatres and in the intensive care unit of the department. These devices are used as an inquiry-response system for the dialogue between medical operator and computer. They display both alphanumerics and graphics in four different colors and modes. Information is entered in the system via so-called masks, which contain a larger section of information, and by on-line data recording.
D000776:Anesthesiology; D003201:Computers; D004282:Documentation; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008499:Medical Records; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D009873:Operating Rooms