Title :
Medical application of computers at BBN
Abstract :
Early work at BBN involved hospital computer systems, computer aids for the physician´s office, data management tools for clinical research, and database and computational support for biomedical research. The work included both development of prototype systems and later deployment of commercially viable software and services. This history also notes some of the challenges of working within an R & D defense-contractor environment and then concludes with lessons learned in developing medical computer applications.
Keywords :
health care; medical administrative data processing; research and development; BBN; defense-contractor environment; medical computer application; prototype system development; research and development; software deployment; Application software; Biomedical computing; Biomedical equipment; Biomedical imaging; Computer applications; History; Hospitals; Medical diagnostic imaging; Medical services; Physics computing; (Bio)medical computer/software/applications; clinical research data management; commercial biomedical software; economic conversion; medical time-sharing;
Journal_Title :
Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MAHC.2006.16
