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Querying medical databases in an environment offering logical data independence.

P di Felice1

  • 1Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica, Università di L'Aquila, Italy.

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine
|April 1, 1989
PubMed
Summary

Medical information systems require user-friendly interfaces for data extraction. This paper details the ARPIA system's doctor interface, enhancing usability in a pediatric clinic.

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Area of Science:

  • Medical Informatics
  • Human-Computer Interaction

Background:

  • Medical information systems are increasingly prevalent and essential for healthcare data management.
  • Effective man-machine interfaces are crucial for efficient information retrieval from complex medical databases.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To describe the doctor interface of the ARPIA medical information system.
  • To highlight its design based on a relational database management system.
  • To demonstrate its application in a real-world clinical setting.

Main Methods:

  • Development of a doctor interface for the ARPIA medical information system.
  • Implementation utilizing a relational database management system.
  • Architectural design and prototyping of the user interface.

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Main Results:

  • The ARPIA system's doctor interface is operational in the Outpatient Pediatric Clinic at the Catholic University of Rome.
  • The interface offers logical data independence from the underlying relational database.
  • A prototype has been successfully implemented and its software architecture is outlined.

Conclusions:

  • The ARPIA medical information system's doctor interface enhances usability and data accessibility.
  • Logical data independence ensures flexibility and maintainability of the system.
  • The implemented prototype demonstrates the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed interface design.