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@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/ssdbm/Elliman83,
author = {Anthony D. Elliman},
editor = {Roy Hammond and
John L. McCarthy},
title = {Data-Bases for Clinical Histories},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Statistical
Database Management, Los Altos, California, USA, September 27-29,
1983},
publisher = {Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory},
year = {1983},
pages = {2-8},
ee = {db/conf/ssdbm/Elliman83.html},
crossref = {DBLP:conf/ssdbm/83},
bibsource = {DBLP, http://dblp.uni-trier.de}
}
BibTeX
Medical researchers frequently investigate the progress of a disease or treatment by collecting a number of case histories. Data only becomes available when suitable patients present themselves and each patient may need to be followed for some years. A study of this type is a long term exercise. Such studies are only made possible by the availability of computers for data collection and analysts.
Several data-base systems are available for clinical research, but many of these do not give enough attention to the dynamic aspects of this type of work. To identify the problem areas models for both the investigator's and patient's interaction with the data-base are presented.