title: Medical informatics in perinatology project AGUSTINA in Argentina.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA.
authors.forename: D F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Wyszynski
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rodas
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Morici
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Daveggio
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gallino Fernández
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Manetti
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tonietto
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001118:Argentina; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000379:methods*; D010500:Perinatology; D011247:Pregnancy