title: Computer-assisted follow-up register for the north-east of Scotland.
abstract: An automated follow-up register for the detection of iatrogenic thyroid disease has been established as a joint venture between the general practitioners in the north-east of Scotland and the thyroid clinic of Aberdeen General Hospitals.The data-processing operations in the system are handled by an International Computers Limited 4/50 computer. Patients are followed up at predetermined intervals and the system has been designed to process, screen, and store clinical and biochemical follow-up data and report results to the patients, general practitioners, and the hospital records department.
mesh_terms: D003201:Computers; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; D005194:Family Practice; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006980:Hyperthyroidism / Q000175:diagnosis; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000175:diagnosis; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D011996:Records; D012042:Registries; D012606:Scotland; D013959:Thyroid Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D013974:Thyroxine / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D013974:Thyroxine