[Computerized management of a surgical department: preliminary report]

The authors deal with the problem of the computerized management of the Department, using a TRS 80 microprocessor, with a RAM memory of 48 Kbyte. They are working for the creation of a data bank which will store the basic information of the patient hospital record in variable format, together with some specific files for a number of diseases in fixed format. The main advantages in the use of the so-called "department's microprocessor" are the great saving of time in the management of the patient's data and the more accurate analysis of the same which allows a prompt diagnostic and therapeutic feedback.