Browsing in an ambulatory information system

Author

Curro, Vincenzo ; Tarantino, Laura

Author_Institution

Istituto Clinica Pediatrica, Univ. Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy

fYear

1989

fDate

9-12 Nov 1989

Firstpage

1847

Abstract

A graphical multiwindow user interface to an ambulatory information system is presented. Its friendliness and effectiveness rise from a highly structured external data representation and easy interaction techniques for reading and querying the information base. The techniques are primarily based on browsing, enriched with advanced navigation functionality to speed up consultation and allow easy query formulation. The interaction is almost entirely carried on by direct manipulation of the displayed objects. The information base concerns the outpatient pediatric department of the Catholic University of Rome and comprises patient medical records including personal and family history and physical examinations

Keywords

medical administrative data processing; Catholic University of Rome; advanced navigation functionality; ambulatory information system; browsing; consultation; family history; graphical multiwindow user interface; highly structured external data representation; medical computer system; outpatient pediatric department; patient medical records; personal history; physical examinations; query formulation; Delay; Health information management; History; Hospitals; Information systems; Management information systems; Medical diagnostic imaging; Navigation; Object oriented modeling; User interfaces;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1989. Images of the Twenty-First Century., Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.1989.96483

Filename

96483