The Use of a Computer in an Obstetric Department

Tuck, Christine S; Cundy, A. D.; Wagman, H.; Usherwood, M. McD.; Thomas, Michael V.

doi:10.1111/j.1471-0528.1976.tb00790.x

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“…Ya en 1976, se describe el uso de la informática a través de herramientas relacionadas como solución al manejo de datos perinatales (1). Se inicia progresivamente el empleo de herramientas computacionales como apoyo clínico, a través de una serie de proyectos obstétricos aislados (2-7).…”

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Conceptos en Torno a La Informática en Obstetricia

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2007

Rev. chil. obstet. ginecol.

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RESUMENLa obstetricia contemporánea debe apoyarse en el uso adecuado de la información a fin de evaluar la eficacia y calidad de sus intervenciones permanentemente. Los avances vertiginosos experimentados en el último cuarto de siglo, sumado a la consolidación del concepto de medicina materno-fetal, han obligado a los clínicos a trabajar con múltiples variables biológicas en función de mantener una visión permanente de las condiciones que afectan al binomio madre-hijo. Esta vigilancia lineal multivariable hace imprescindible el uso estratégico de herramientas informáticas con ventajas claras sobre el ordenamiento, comparación y análisis de información, para una consecuente planificación y ejecución de acciones efectivas, disminuyendo costos y optimizando recursos. El presente artículo describe la conceptualización, evolución y situación actual de la informática en el área de la Medicina Materno-Fetal. Además, agrega conceptos y recomendaciones básicas sobre el manejo de la información digital. PALABRAS CLAVE: Computador, informática, base de datos SUMMARYContemporary obstetrics must rely on the suitable use of information to permanently assess the effectiveness and quality of its interventions. The vertiginous advances in the last quarter of the century, and the consolidation of the feto-maternal specialization, have forced the physicians to work with multiple biological variables based on maintaining a permanent vision of the fetal-maternal relationship through time. The necessity of using a multi-variate linear analysis makes the strategic of incorporating software tools a big advantage for researches and clinicians. Furthermore, there are clear advantages over the arrangement, comparison and analysis of information, in order to achieve an adequate planning and execution of effective actions, thus reducing the costs and optimizing resources. The aim of this study is to describe the evolution and current concepts and state of the art in computer science applying to feto-maternal area. In addition, this review take into account the basic concepts and recommendations on the handling of digital information.

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Conceptos en Torno a La Informática en Obstetricia

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2007

Rev. chil. obstet. ginecol.

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“…Obstetricians have always been in the forefront in auditing their work and many have used mainframe computers for retrospective analysis of their data. Nevertheless, mainframe systems have been used for routine batch production of obstetric discharge summaries which have been found acceptable to general practitioners (South 1972;Tuck et al 1976). Nevertheless, mainframe systems have been used for routine batch production of obstetric discharge summaries which have been found acceptable to general practitioners (South 1972;Tuck et al 1976).…”

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“…These systems have been troubled by incomplete and incorrect data recording, which can only be remedied by tedious reprocessing of notes (South & Thomson & Barron 1980). Nevertheless, mainframe systems have been used for routine batch production of obstetric discharge summaries which have been found acceptable to general practitioners (South 1972;Tuck et al 1976). Large-scale perinatal data systems have been used extensively in America with production of summaries and audit (Chik & Sokol 1981) although the methods used to obtain high-quality data are frequently not clear.…”

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Selection of an obstetric data base for a microcomputer and its use for on‐line production of birth notification forms, discharge summaries and perinatal audit

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Beard

Combe

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A microcomputer system is described which stores data for perinatal audit and produces 'on-line' the statutory birth notification form and mother and baby discharge summary. The derivation of a minimum data-base and the methods used to obtain reliable data are outlined. The results of a trial of the production of the birth notification form for 195 deliveries are reported together with those of a further trial of 86 deliveries in which the system was used to produce both the notification form and the discharge summary. A study of the accuracy of the handwritten birth notification forms revealed a high error rate which was markedly reduced by the use of the microcomputer system. The system is now in routine use and further developments are outlined.

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