Effert R, Hummel W
Abteilung für Augenheilkunde des Klinikums der RWTH Aachen.
Klin Monbl Augenheilkd. 1988 Nov;193(5):518-22. doi: 10.1055/s-2008-1050293.
Despite increasing medical use of the computer, many clinics have experienced only limited success (or none at all) in computerized registration of patient data. One important reason for this lies in the complicated user interfaces of most programs. The clinician has no time to familiarize himself with the complicated command sequences involved, while necessary acceptance of the new technology by administrative staff is often lacking. This paper shows that computerized registration and interpretation of patient data are well within the bounds of possibility, given the use of newly-developed user-friendly operating systems and suitable personal computers. A concrete example of computerized registration of data in a remedial center is given: a case with squint symptoms for which 176 parameters can be entered.