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J S Duisterhout1, B Franken, F Witte

  • 1Department of Medical Informatics, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine
|November 1, 1987
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AIDA provides tools for rapid development and maintenance of Medical Information Systems. It supports data entry, validation, database management, and querying, offering flexibility for research environments.

Area of Science:

  • Medical Informatics
  • Software Engineering
  • Database Systems

Background:

  • Developing and maintaining Medical Information Systems (MIS) presents challenges in flexibility and efficiency.
  • Existing systems often lack comprehensive support for both development and operational phases.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce AIDA (Automated Information Development Assistant), a software toolkit designed for rapid development and easy maintenance of MIS.
  • To provide a flexible and adaptable solution for MIS construction, particularly in research settings.

Main Methods:

  • AIDA utilizes the MUMPS programming language, an interpreted language with an integrated database environment, facilitating application portability.
  • It supports a relational data model built on MUMPS' global structure, overcoming limitations like string length restrictions.

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  • The system includes tools for form creation, data validation, database access, querying, and output formatting.

    • Main Results:

    • AIDA enables modular development, allowing users to integrate AIDA-developed subsystems with other programs.
    • The prototyping facility is terminal-independent and multilingual, with table-driven features for on-line configuration.
    • Optimizing tools allow for the generation of faster, albeit less flexible, code, and a source loader supports implementation-specific code and multi-site maintenance.

    Conclusions:

    • AIDA offers a robust framework for building and maintaining flexible Medical Information Systems, especially in research environments.
    • Its MUMPS foundation and relational data model provide portability and overcome database limitations.
    • The system's design supports rapid prototyping, adaptability, and efficient maintenance across different installations.