title: A comprehensive computerized patient record with automated linkage to QMR.
abstract: The author has developed comprehensive computerized charting software, Dr. Welford's Chart Notes Program, that interprets each portion of a patient record for the 4,653 QMR Findings and exports the identified Findings to a file that can be imported by QMR for immediate case analysis. The QMR Link utilizes a hierarchical Vocabulary System composed of approximately 20,000 terms and a "fuzzy logic" that identifies similar and implicit concepts as well as exact matches to QMR Findings. This system thereby makes it much quicker and easier to utilize QMR in evaluating a patient's illness.
authors.affiliation: University of Illinois College of Medicine, Rockford.
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Welford
mesh_terms: D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; D017143:Fuzzy Logic; D006801:Humans; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D012984:Software; D013358:Subject Headings; D018511:Systems Integration