Title :
An ergonomically efficient, descriptive text oriented microcomputer based echocardiogram measurement and database system
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Pediatrics, Temple Univ., Philadelphia, PA, USA
Abstract :
A microcomputer-based echocardiagram interpretation, measurement, storage, and report generation system which substantially reduces user movements and thereby improves ergonomic efficiency is described. When compared to a popular commercial system, total keystrokes are reduced by 55%, and movements between the digitizing device and keyboard are reduced by 85%. The system is particularly efficient when annotating descriptive text
Keywords :
biomedical equipment; biomedical ultrasonics; cardiology; medical administrative data processing; medical diagnostic computing; microcomputer applications; database system; descriptive text; digitizing device; echocardiogram measurement; ergonomically efficient system; keyboard; keystrokes; microcomputer-based system; report generation; Cardiology; Database systems; Ergonomics; Hospitals; Keyboards; Microcomputers; Pediatrics; Size measurement; Time measurement; Valves;
Conference_Titel :
Bioengineering Conference, 1990., Proceedings of the 1990 Sixteenth Annual Northeast
Conference_Location :
State College, PA
DOI :
10.1109/NEBC.1990.66281
