Biomaterial Database

A system for automated procedure documentation. 1995

R Tello, and D Tuck, and A Cosentino

Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Department of Radiology, Boston, MA 02115, USA.

Quantitative information regarding competency in performing procedures is invaluable in attesting to a house officer's abilities when assessments need to be made. Thus, the means by which procedures, proficiency, and experience can be recorded and organized in an automated fashion need not be any further away than the nearest micro-computer. The procedure documenting system (PDS) automates the documenting of procedures and quantitative information pertaining to these procedures, and shortens the time demanded of the house officer to document procedures from a mean of 5.5 to 1.9 min. This paper is a description of the work done to automate the recording of procedures performed by housestaff at a teaching hospital and the acceptance by housestaff. This computer program takes the specific information and places it into a specialized database so that house officers can have detailed documentation attesting to their proficiency in various procedures. In addition, the program director can access the database to document the quantity of procedures to which an individual house officer has attained competence.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007396	Internship and Residency	Programs of EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE training to meet the requirements established by accrediting authorities.	House Staff,Internship, Dental,Residency, Dental,Residency, Medical,Dental Internship,Dental Internships,Dental Residencies,Dental Residency,Internship,Internship, Medical,Internships, Dental,Medical Residencies,Medical Residency,Residencies, Dental,Residencies, Medical,Residency,Residency and Internship,Internships, Medical,Medical Internship,Medical Internships,Residencies,Staff, House
D008505	Medical Staff, Hospital	Professional medical personnel approved to provide care to patients in a hospital.	Attending Physicians, Hospital,Hospital Medical Staff,Physicians, Junior,Registrars, Hospital,Attending Physician, Hospital,Hospital Attending Physician,Hospital Attending Physicians,Hospital Medical Staffs,Medical Staffs, Hospital,Hospital Registrar,Hospital Registrars,Junior Physician,Junior Physicians,Physician, Junior,Registrar, Hospital,Staff, Hospital Medical,Staffs, Hospital Medical
D008838	Microcomputers	Small computers using LSI (large-scale integration) microprocessor chips as the CPU (central processing unit) and semiconductor memories for compact, inexpensive storage of program instructions and data. They are smaller and less expensive than minicomputers and are usually built into a dedicated system where they are optimized for a particular application. "Microprocessor" may refer to just the CPU or the entire microcomputer.	Computers, Personal,Microprocessors,Computer, Personal,Microcomputer,Microprocessor,Personal Computer,Personal Computers
D010557	Personnel Administration, Hospital	Management activities concerned with hospital employees.	Hospital Personnel Administration,Personnel Management, Hospital,Personnel, Hospital, Organization and Administration,Administration, Hospital Personnel,Hospital Personnel Management,Hospital Personnel Organization and Administration,Management, Hospital Personnel
D002983	Clinical Competence	The capability to perform acceptably those duties directly related to patient care.	Clinical Skills,Competence, Clinical,Clinical Competency,Clinical Skill,Competency, Clinical,Skill, Clinical,Skills, Clinical,Clinical Competencies,Competencies, Clinical
D003199	Computer Systems	Systems composed of a computer or computers, peripheral equipment, such as disks, printers, and terminals, and telecommunications capabilities.	Computer Architecture,Computer System,Computer Systems Development,Computer Systems Evaluation,Computer Systems Organization,Real Time System,Real-Time Systems,Organization, Computer Systems,Architecture, Computer,Architectures, Computer,Computer Architectures,Computer Systems Evaluations,Development, Computer Systems,Evaluation, Computer Systems,Evaluations, Computer Systems,Real Time Systems,Real-Time System,System, Computer,System, Real Time,System, Real-Time,Systems, Computer,Systems, Real Time,Systems, Real-Time,Time System, Real,Time Systems, Real
D003628	Database Management Systems	Software designed to store, manipulate, manage, and control data for specific uses.	Data Base Management Systems,Management System, Data Base,Management Systems, Data Base,System, Data Base Management,Systems, Data Base Management,Database Management System
D004282	Documentation	Systematic organization, storage, retrieval, and dissemination of specialized information, especially of a scientific or technical nature (From ALA Glossary of Library and Information Science, 1983). It often involves authenticating or validating information.	Documentations
D006751	Hospital Information Systems	Integrated, computer-assisted systems designed to store, manipulate, and retrieve information concerned with the administrative and clinical aspects of providing medical services within the hospital.	Multi-Hospital Information Systems,Information System, Hospital,Information System, Multihospital,Information Systems, Hospital,Information Systems, Multihospital,Multihospital Information Systems,Hospital Information System,Information System, Multi-Hospital,Information Systems, Multi-Hospital,Multi Hospital Information Systems,Multi-Hospital Information System,Multihospital Information System
D006784	Hospitals, Teaching	Hospitals engaged in educational and research programs, as well as providing medical care to the patients.	Hospital, Teaching,Teaching Hospital,Teaching Hospitals