[A computerized medical record for the follow-up of hypertensive patients (author's transl)]

The authors present a computer system for hypertension control in a specialized department in Paris. The hypertension clinic performs the initial evaluation of the disease in ambulatory care or during a short hospitalization period. The general practitioner (GP) is mainly in charge of the long term follow-up. The objective of the system is to improve the communication between the patient, the clinic and the GP. Data are collected during each visit at the clinic. The computer is used to produce evolutive summary reports for each patient and to control the appointment system. Thus, the data processing system improves the quality of the individual follow-up and, at the same time, a medical data bank is available for epidemiological and pharmacovigilance studies.