Labor and delivery information system

A labor and delivery online information system to support a ten-bed labor and delivery suite is presented. A VAX 750 has been programmed to provide online, multiterminal clinical surveillance support for a number of reports, which include the obstetrical summary report, labor record, obstetrical clinical record, and 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, operating room, admission room, and doctors' conference room. The system includes computer databases to store information for medical quality assurance, management reports, obligatory comparisons of patient data with other hospitals.<
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