Title :
The San Antonio heart study research information study
Author :
Shen, Dongli ; Mitchell, Braxton ; Hazuda, Helen ; Clark, Gary ; Stern, Michael
Author_Institution :
Texas Univ., Health Center at San Antonio, TX, USA
Abstract :
The San Antonio heart study research information system was developed to support multiple long-term projects for epidemiological study of heart disease and diabetes in the Mexican-American population. State-of-the-art technology was adopted, including a client-server, a time-sharing local area network, a relational database, the structural query language (SQL), and a fourth generation programming language (4GL), to enable the system to provide a computing platform for multiuser access, a centralized database with data integrity, and transparent information retrieval for data analysis. With 257 application programs in place and 345.5 Mbyte of research data collected, the system has demonstrated its good performance and high adaptability to the dynamics of multiple heart disease and diabetes research projects
Keywords :
cardiology; medical computing; multi-access systems; relational databases; 345.5 Mbyte; San Antonio heart study research information study; centralized database; client-server; data integrity; diabetes; epidemiological study; fourth generation programming language; heart disease; multiuser access; structural query language; time-sharing local area network; transparent information retrieval; Cardiac disease; Computer languages; Computer networks; Database languages; Diabetes; Heart; Information systems; Local area networks; Relational databases; Time sharing computer systems;
Conference_Titel :
Computers in Cardiology 1992, Proceedings of
Conference_Location :
Durham, NC
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-3552-5
DOI :
10.1109/CIC.1992.269385
