Information technology in the foxhole.
The importance of digital data capture at the point of health care service within the military environment is highlighted. Current paper-based data capture does not allow for efficient data reuse throughout the medical support information domain. A simple, high-level process and data flow model is used to demonstrate the importance of data capture at point of service. The Department of Defense is developing a personal digital assistant, called MEDTAG, that accomplishes point of service data capture in the field using a prototype smart card as a data store in austere environments.
Battelle, Arlington, VA, USA.
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D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D008490:Medical Informatics; D008887:Military Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D010355:Patient Identification Systems; D010934:Planning Techniques; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D014481:United States; D014857:Warfare