Prototyping with AIDA for a hospital pharmacy system.
The CENTRASYS system for the Hospital Pharmacy, developed as part of a research project of the Department of Medical Informatics is described. The role of AIDA, a fourth-generation software package, as a prototyping tool is discussed. It is concluded that AIDA facilitates prototyping and is also very suitable as a vehicle for systems in operation. It is further concluded that prototyping is of great help in the developmental phase of a project, but that great care has to be taken during evaluation of the prototypes: minimize the number of test sites and try to avoid that users become dependent on the system, because every prototype needs further tuning before it really becomes an operational system.
Molenaar
G C
GC
Department of Medical Informatics, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Boon
W M
WM
D004346:Drug Information Services; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D009426:Netherlands; D010607:Pharmacy Service, Hospital; D012984:Software