title: New uses of legacy systems: examples in perinatal care.
abstract: In this article, new uses of the Perinatal Information System at the Uruguayan Social Security health care facilities are described. The perinatal information system has been in place for over 13 years, with about 40 thousand clinical records on electronic files. A newly created Web interface allows a distributed access to existing perinatal information within the National Social Security Wide Area a Network. Perinatal data is also exported to a management information system, allowing to dynamically answer questions and make managerial decisions, and eventually link these data with other sources. Future steps regarding clinical information systems are outlined.
authors.affiliation: Repartición Prestaciones de Salud, Banco de Previsión Social, Uruguay. margolis@mednet.org.uy
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Margolis
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vázquez
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mendoza
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zignago
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: López
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lucián
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007256:Information Systems / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D020407:Internet / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008331:Management Information Systems; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D018743:Perinatal Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012943:Social Security; D018511:Systems Integration; D014583:Uruguay