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Methods Inf Med 1974; 13(04): 221-225
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1636152
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A Distributed Medical Data Base

Aufgeteilte Medizinische Datenbasis
E. Chang
*   From the Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Mathematics, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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J. Linders
*   From the Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Mathematics, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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This paper describes the design and implementation of a distributed medical data base. Basic to this concept is a network of minicomputers, each of which possesses files which can be accessed throughout, the network by a protocol involving the NAMEs of the data fields. Physical and logical descriptor maps for the files provide mechanisms for protecting privileged information as well as tailoring the appearance of the data to suit the needs of jDarticular users.

Die Arbeit beschreibt die Planung und Realisierung einer aufgeteilten medizinischen Datensammlung. Grundlage des Konzepts ist ëin Netz von Kleincomputern, von denen jeder Datenbestände verarbeitet, auf die innerhalb des Netzes durch die Namen der betr. Datenfelder enthaltende Protokolle zugegriffen werden kann. Physikalische und logische Deskriptoren-Karten für die Datenbestände ermöglichen Mechanismen zum Schutze privilegierter Informationen sowie zu einer auf die Bedürfnisse der einzelnen Benutzer speziell zugeschnittenen Datenrepräsentation.

Key-Words

Medical Record - Health Information Systems - Clinical Data Processing - Data Bases EINE

Schlüssel-Wörter

Krankenblatt - Gesundheits-Informations-Systeme - klinische Datenverarbeitung - Datenbanken
 

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