Efficacy of a computerized system applied to central operating theatre for medical records collection

A computer system operation is introduced, which has been in use since October 1981 at Kochi medical school as one of the integral sub-systems of the total hospital information system called IMIS. The system was designed from the beginning with the main purposes of obtaining better management of operations, and detailed medical records are included for before, during and after operations. It is shown that almost all operations except emergencies were managed using the computer system rather than the paper system. After presenting some of the results of the accumulated records we will discuss the reason for this high frequency of use of the computer system.