Development of a database management system for an obstetrics unit.
This article discusses the use of computer technology in expediting and simplifying the retrieval of data generated from clinical practice. The article describes the collaboration between academic faculty and nurse clinicians in developing a computerized database to report birth statistics incurred...
| Publicado en: | Computers in Nursing Vol. 7; no. 3; pp. 112 - 119 |
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| Formato: | forms Journal Article |
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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
1989 May-Jun
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| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |
| Sumario: | This article discusses the use of computer technology in expediting and simplifying the retrieval of data generated from clinical practice. The article describes the collaboration between academic faculty and nurse clinicians in developing a computerized database to report birth statistics incurred by a busy obstetrical unit. A secondary purpose of the article is to assist the reader in understanding the importance of planning the content to be entered into the database and to become familiar with the basics of developing a database that could be used to sort and retrieve data. Facilitators and barriers to the development of a database management system in clinical practice are also discussed. |
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