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[AN ATTEMPT AT AUTOMATION OF DOCUMENTATION IN MEDICINE]
Bulletin of the Medical Library Association
|January 1, 1964
Summary
This study explores automating medical documentation in cancerology, addressing challenges from its multidisciplinary nature and diverse user needs. It details the Filmorex system and documentation language development for a cancer documentation center.
Area of Science:
- Medical Informatics
- Oncology Documentation
Context:
- Limited mechanization in current medical documentation practices.
- Cancerology presents unique documentation challenges due to its multidisciplinary nature.
Purpose:
- To study an attempt at automating medical documentation within the field of cancerology.
- To identify and address difficulties arising from multidisciplinary data and varied user requirements.
Summary:
- The study details the Filmorex system as a tool for medical documentation automation.
- It examines the complexities of developing a suitable documentation language for cancerology.
- An attempt to solve these documentation problems in a medium-sized center (10,000 documents/year) is described.
Impact:
- Highlights potential solutions for enhancing efficiency in specialized medical documentation.
- Provides insights into overcoming hurdles in creating standardized documentation languages.
- Offers a case study for implementing automation in cancer information management.