Wycoff D A, Wagner J R
Am J Clin Pathol. 1978 Sep;70(3):390-9. doi: 10.1093/ajcp/70.3.390.
The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, a large teaching hospital and tertiary care referral center, has implemented a vendor-supplied laboratory computer package operating on a dedicated minicomputer. A high-speed communications link allows the laboratory computer to share patient administrative, census, and test result data with the central hospital information system on an interactive basis. Operational characteristics of the system are discussed, and special attention is given to the critical problems and advantages of interfacing two computers.
爱荷华大学医院及诊所是一家大型教学医院和三级医疗转诊中心，它已采用了由供应商提供的、在专用小型计算机上运行的实验室计算机软件包。一条高速通信链路使实验室计算机能够与中央医院信息系统以交互方式共享患者管理、人口统计和检验结果数据。文中讨论了该系统的运行特性，并特别关注了两台计算机接口的关键问题和优点。
