Abstract
The paper presented here deals with the computer system WAREL, a system for analyzing
medical patient data. It is a patientoriented medical data-screening system which
automatically points out medical risk factors. Referring to all patients, it is a
retrieval system for selecting groups of patients from the clinical data base; the
explorative statistical analysis concerning medical data of these selected groups
can give an essential impulse to clinical research. The most important components
of the system such as the relational data base and the system for defining and activating
logical conditions are discussed. These conditions (IF -THEN rules) are the basis
of both the patient oriented data-screening and the retrieval of patient groups. They
may refer to data in formatted or in natural language form; furthermore conditions
of the course of illness can also be formulated. Thus, the data-screeni ng system
may also indicate risk situations due to the course of an illness.
Key-Words
Clinical Databases - Synchronization Operators - Data Screening - Query Methods
