title: [A proposal for a computerized clinical records file for a department of general surgery].
abstract: The author suggest a computerized program for filing clinical records of surgical institution. The proposed file is written in DB III plus (Ashton-Tate) and consists of one file .dbf and 4 files .prg. The database file contains anagraphic and clinical data of the patients. The program files make it possible to attribute a personal code to patients, print records of single patients, calculate the time of operation and assist in codifying diagnostic related groups (DRGs). The author stresses the utility of a medical computerized records system containing only few but important clinical data. It makes it possible to perform the most analysis of surgical series without the aid of a professional programmer.
authors.affiliation: Clinica Chirurgica II, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cabano
mesh_terms: D003199:Computer Systems; D003201:Computers; D016208:Databases, Factual; D005371:Filing; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D006753:Hospital Records; D012984:Software; D013503:Surgery Department, Hospital
vernacular_title: Proposta di archiviazione clinica computerizzata per una Divisione di Chirurgia Generale.