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W R Funnell

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On the visualisation of nonstationarities in point processes.

A method is described for graphically presenting interval data, such as neural interspike intervals or electrocardiographic R-R intervals, in a form that facilitates the identification of nonstationaries. The method is essentially a plot of isoprobability contours of the cumulative interval histogram, as functions of time. A sequential algorithm is used for updating the contour-line positions. This display is used in an interactive system for visually identifying nonstationarities, and for subsequently comparing selected segments of the data quantitatively using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test.

Computers

Information system for labor and delivery surveillance.

An on-line information system has been developed and implemented at St. Mary Medical Center in Long Beach, California, to support a ten-bed labor and delivery suite. A Digital Equipment Corporation VAX 750 was programmed to provide on-line multi-terminal clinical surveillance. The reports implemented include an obstetrical summary report, labor record, obstetrical clinical record, and the birth certificate. Computer terminals and monitors are placed at the nursing station and other work areas, such as the anesthesia on-call room, obstetrical supervisor's office, on-call room, neonatal ICU, O.R., admission room, and M.D. conference room. The system includes computer databases used to store information for medical quality assurance, management reports, obligatory statutory reports, and research, and to provide comparison of patient data with data from other hospitals.

California