| Title | A Computerized Single Entry System for Recording and Reporting Data on High-Risk Newborn Infants |
| Author(s) | Daniel S. Janik, MD, MPH, O. Ward Swarner, MD, Kent M. Henriksen, BS, and Michael L. Wyman, MD |
| Source | Journal of Pediatrics, Vol. 93, No. 3, Pages 519-523 |
| Publication Date | Sep-78 |
| Abstract | A computer-assisted system for data collection in an intensive care nursery is described. Maternal history, infant history, diagnoses, and treatment are sequentially identified on a single form and then entered in batches on a computer at the time of patient discharge. Computer production of a discharge summary and letters to referring and follow-up physicians from a single data-entry form account for an approximately 80% savings in physician record-keeping time per patient. Accuracy of the data is approximately 2 1/2 times greater than with existing methods of data gathering. Survey of disease occurrence and case fatality rates are rapidly available. |