title: Informatics Workup.
abstract: We introduce the concept of a Medical Informatics Workup performed by fourth year medical students working in a busy inner-city Emergency Room. These students use portable computers (Macintosh PowerBook 170s connected to a removable cartridge hard drive and CD-ROM drive) to do the patient workups. The PowerBook 170 contains the automated medical record entry software (IMR-E), five expert system software packages, and a program that allows the PowerBook to emulate a PC-compatible computer. With this configuration the student has a portable system that allows for the creation of a computerized medical record at the patient's bedside, along with the ability to analyze the data and generate a list of differential diagnoses.
authors: University of Health Sciences, Chicago Medical School, Illinois 60064.
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Naeymi-Rad
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Trace
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Shoults
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Suico
authors: M
authors: M
authors: O'Brien
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Evens
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Carmony
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Roberts
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Zelanski
mesh_terms: D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000175:diagnosis; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; D004501:Education, Medical; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005260:Female; D006786:Hospitals, Urban; D006801:Humans; D008490:Medical Informatics; D008838:Microcomputers; D008875:Middle Aged; D010865:Pilot Projects