Title :
Labor and delivery information system
Author :
Schwartz, Mark D. ; Irani, Pourang ; Smith, L.P. ; Ledford, C. ; Funnel, W.R.J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., California State Univ., Long Beach, CA, USA
Abstract :
A labor and delivery online information system to support a ten-bed labor and delivery suite is presented. A VAX 750 has been programmed to provide online, multiterminal clinical surveillance support for a number of reports, which include the obstetrical summary report, labor record, obstetrical clinical record, and birth certificate. Computer terminals and monitors are placed at the nursing station and other work areas such as the anesthesia on-call room, obstetrical supervisor´s office, on-call room, neonatal ICU, operating room, admission room, and doctors´ conference room. The system includes computer databases to store information for medical quality assurance, management reports, obligatory comparisons of patient data with other hospitals
Keywords :
information retrieval systems; medical administrative data processing; VAX 750; admission room; anesthesia on-call room; birth certificate; computer databases; doctors´ conference room; hospitals; information storage; labor and delivery online information system; labor and delivery suite; labor record; management reports; medical quality assurance; multiterminal clinical surveillance support; neonatal ICU; nursing station; obstetrical clinical record; obstetrical summary report; obstetrical supervisor´s office; on-call room; operating room; patient data; work areas; Anesthesia; Computer displays; Computer peripherals; Databases; Information systems; Medical services; Pediatrics; Quality assurance; Quality management; Surveillance;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering of Computer-Based Medical Systems, 1988., Proceedings of the Symposium on the
Conference_Location :
Minneapolis, MN
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-4863-5
DOI :
10.1109/ECBS.1988.5463
