title: Assessment of local area network based on the microcomputer system for data processing of perinatal medical information.
abstract: In order to control perinatal medical information, we developed a microcomputer-based local area network. This system has been in practical operation since June, 1986. We have assessed this system with regard to both patient-machine and doctor-machine interfaces. Consequently, although input operation took 20-30% longer per individual patient than before, it was more feasible for medical staff to access and retrieve the data in a real-time manner. When tested in a ten month period, this system was found to be a prototype applicable for further extending the management of the entire scope of perinatal medical information.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakahara
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Koyanagi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hirose
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakano
mesh_terms: D003199:Computer Systems; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008122:Local Area Networks; D008838:Microcomputers; D010500:Perinatology / Q000379:methods*