Use of a microcomputer network for history taking in a prenatal clinic.
A stand-alone microcomputer was installed at St. Bartholomew's Hospital to obtain the booking (first prenatal) history. This system has many well-documented advantages over the manual method, particularly with respect to the completeness and quality of the history produced. However, a single microcomputer system is unable to deal with the load of a busy clinic, and initially, several independent terminals were required. We now describe the installation of a local area network to link several microcomputers with a single database in the Antenatal Clinic at Queen Charlotte's Maternity Hospital.
D003201:Computers; D004739:England; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008427:Maternal Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008487:Medical History Taking; D008838:Microcomputers; D011247:Pregnancy; D011295:Prenatal Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012984:Software