Medical informatics in perinatology project AGUSTINA in Argentina.
This paper reviews the development of the field of medical informatics in Latin America. It also describes the preliminary results of a computer-based data management system, named AGUSTINA, which is comprised of maternal and infant data on 6195 deliveries that occurred between June 1990 and December 1995 in a hospital in the surroundings of Buenos Aires, Argentina. These data were fundamental for the instrumentation of preventive community-oriented activities in the area. Finally, this paper describes recommendations for future actions in the area of medical informatics in Latin America.
Wyszynski
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Department of Epidemiology, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA.
Rodas
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Morici
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Daveggio
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Gallino Fernández
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Manetti
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Tonietto
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001118:Argentina; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000379:methods*; D010500:Perinatology; D011247:Pregnancy