Data processing system for the Centre of Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases

The paper is devoted to the functional specification and the architecture of a data processing system to database generation and management within the Centre of Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases in Bucharest. The main operations performed by the system refer to: --Patient admission. A patient file which is created for any new patient, contains all the details hitherto included in the patient registration form. --File update, carried out periodically or whenever required. Any new relevant detail is added to the existing file in a conversational manner. --Report generation. The reports are produced periodically or upon request. --Inventory and stock control concerning the drugs dispensed free of charge. --Data processing and classification. --Creation and retrieval of patient archives. --Display on request of the various details contained by the patient file. The described system can be implemented on an INDEPENDENT I-100 general purpose minicomputer, having a main memory of 96 kwords. The disc-based AMS operating system is used. The system operates in real time, although off-line background jobs can be run in order to assist the scientific work. A FORTRAN compiler is part of the operating system.