Recent technological innovations - influenced primarily by the
development of more sophisticated, faster and cheaper computer
systems - permitted also the evolution of more affordable systems
for Patient Data Management, so called PDM-Systems. The experience
of the authors, on one of the first PDMS installation sites in
Europe, shows that the purchase of such a system is not an easy
task, since accurate data are not available in a comparable format.
Therefore the first part of the book is devoted to a comparison of
already installed, commercially distributed bedside based PDMS with
regard to their specifications, functions and performance. The
methods included a questionnaire with detailed questions for the
vendors to answer and a "table of functions" comparing the most
important functions which should be included in a PDMS. With that
list the different systems (which were all in clinical use) were
checked for the availability and the way of use of these functions.
To evaluate variations in the systems performance an "information
retrieval test" was designed and executed. In the second part the
different vendors, whose systems were included in the study, were
to describe the systems from their viewpoints. The third part
contains papers describing the users' experiences. The fourth and
last part shows how to use PDMS-data for scientific and therapeutic
purposes including two papers on clinical expert systems. Thus,
this book provides valuable information for clinicians and hospital
managers who have to decide on the purchase of a Patient Data
Management System.
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