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ARCANE. A new medical patient information system
1Laboratoire de Biostatistique et d'Informatique Médicale, Groupe hospitalier Necker Enfants-Malades, France.
Medical Informatics = Medecine Et Informatique
|April 1, 1988
Summary
ARCANE is a new medical patient information system designed for clinical practice and research. This adaptable system aids daily medical tasks and data analysis through a structured thesaurus and automatic classification.
Area of Science:
- Medical Informatics
- Health Information Systems
Background:
- Necker Enfants-malades University Hospital developed the ARCANE medical patient information system.
- Initially focused on pediatric nephrology, ARCANE is designed for broad medical application.
Purpose of the Study:
- To introduce ARCANE, a versatile medical patient information system.
- To highlight its capabilities for daily practice, clinical research, and activity analysis.
Main Methods:
- ARCANE utilizes a conceptual slicing referential, similar to SNOMED.
- A thesaurus of approximately 1000 entries is built using keywords and modifiers.
- Automatic transcodification to ICD and SNOMED classifications enables multipurpose data use.
Main Results:
- The system allows dynamic attribution of medical expressions to thesaurus concepts via semantic fields.
- ARCANE supports clinical research and activity analysis alongside daily medical practice.
Conclusions:
- ARCANE is a flexible and adaptable medical information system.
- Its design facilitates efficient data management, classification, and analysis across various medical domains.