Proceedings. Symposium on Computer Applications in Medical Care

The variability in abstracting and entering printed case histories into the Quick Medical Reference (QMR) diagnostic computer program was explored. Six study physicians who were familiar with the use of the QMR program abstracted and entere…

The education and practice of clinical medicine can benefit significantly from the use of computational assistants. This article describes the development of a prototype system called SURGES (Strong/University of Rochester Gynecological Exp…

The “ENCOUNTER FORM” is an instrument used to record information regarding a patient visit. This is used for permanent storage in the medical record, for data entry, or, at times, for both purposes. The design of the encounter form is a fun…