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M McLure

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PubMed1994

EDI (electronic data interchange) provides strategy for laboratory results reporting.

Historically, results of laboratory tests have been transmitted from hospitals to physicians' offices by mail and telephone. Two problems inherent in this system are the difficulty in notifying the physician and in the timeliness of delivery of results. Telephone messages may fail to reach the physician. Hard copies of reports may be misfiled, lost, or delayed in the mail. Today, test results can be transmitted between physicians' offices and hospitals via facsimile machines and electronic data interchange (EDI). This article examines the cost effectiveness, confidentiality, and opportunity for growth these alternative methods of transmission offer.

Clinical Laboratory Information Systems↗
PubMed1984

Compressive behavior after simulated service conditions of some foamed materials intended as orthotic shoe insoles.

The compressive characteristics of a group of foamed plastics and rubbers, suitable for use as orthotic shoe insoles, were assessed for any changes incurred as a result of exposure to a series of simulated service conditions. The service conditions considered in this study were heat (accelerated aging), sustained deflection (compression set), and cyclic loading. Since the stress/strain characteristics computed from the load/deformation curves were non-linear, it was necessary to develop a new procedure for comparing the relative compressive characteristics. The results from this study identified a group of preferred materials whose virgin compressive characteristics have been judged to be the most suitable, and which exhibited the least change following exposure to the three simulated service conditions.

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PubMed1982

Compression testing of foamed plastics and rubbers for use as orthotic show insoles.

Thirty-one materials have been tested in compression in order to generate the stress (force per unit of cross-sectional area) versus strain (deformation) behaviour, for the purpose of assessing the suitability of various foamed plastics and rubbers as shoe insole materials. It was found that the materials could be classified into three distinct categories (very stiff, moderately deformable and very deformable) according to the shape of the characteristic stress versus strain curve. The moderately deformable group has been selected as the most promising for clinical application.

Arthritis, Rheumatoid↗