[The decentralized computer system in the Hamburg-Eppendorf University Hospital (author's transl)]

A small multiprocessor system for integrated processing of medical data in a University Hospital is described. It consists of a central computer system to which, at present, two satellite computers are connected, one in the clinical chemistry area and the other in nuclear medicine. The satellite computers collect and present data while the central computer takes over the storage of data and the executive computer-bound programs. A few examples of its use are given and the characteristics of the decentralized system discussed.