Biomedical subjects

J Westerheim

Publications and source records attributed to J Westerheim.

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PubMed1992

[Development and use of a database for gastroenterologic endoscopy].

With no commercially available endoscopy database manager available, a standalone system for gastroenterological endoscopy departments has been developed since 1985 through joint efforts of gastroenterologists and dedicated programmers. The present system was implemented for daily use January 1989 and, to date, approximately 19,000 examinations have been recorded. Nurses and office assistants carry out administrative work, but the physician enters the endoscopic data, partly as free text, partly as structured data via automated menus and a mouse. In addition to the immediate printout of the result, valuable data are stored in the computer for administrative and research purposes. Mean data entering time for the physician was four minutes 17 seconds, and altogether eight minutes 40 seconds was spent on the computer system for each patient served.

Database Management Systems↗

PubMed1991

The SADE system: an endoscopic database manager.

The development of the SADE database manager was commenced in 1985 since no commercially available systems were suited for the needs of a large endoscopy unit. Over a period of five years, this database was programmed, revised and enhanced through the joint efforts of gastroenterologists and programmers, the SADE system being implemented for daily use on 1 January 1989. The patient administration and medical record modules are fully implemented and functional, while the statistical module has only recently been finished. The present features of the system are described, and the limitations discussed. Instant report generation and direct access to previous medical data are the most immediate benefits of the system. The initial intention to have structured anamnestic data had to be modified to suit the need for flexibility and ease of free text input by the users.

Computer Systems↗

PubMed1991

SADE database for endoscopic procedures: aspects of clinical use.

The time aspects of daily use of a clinical database system in an endoscopy department were studied. The SADE database system for endoscopic procedures was introduced for daily use at Ullevål Hospital on 1 January 1989. The average weekly programme of the endoscopy unit includes 57 gastroduodenoscopies, 23 colonoscopies and 12 ERCP/EPTs. During three consecutive weeks of the study the mean physician input time was 4 min 17 sec per patient (range 57 sec to 15 min), individual variation depending mainly on the extent of the report. Assistants spent a mean time of 4 min 23 sec for each patient. Thus, a total of 8 min 40 sec was spent for every patient seen. Endoscopic units should analyze their routines and needs before introducing an electronic data base manager.

Database Management Systems↗