dBase III applied to a physician's radiation therapy database

Journal Article · Wed Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1987 · Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science; (United States)

OSTI ID:5803712

Cole, A Z; McMurray, A ^[1]

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1. East Tennessee State Univ., Johnson City

dBase III was used to establish a tumor registry database for hospital use. Demographic information was obtained from the patients and placed in the database. Statistical information can be analyzed to assist the physician in providing the best possible health care. An application generator was used to develop the program at the elementary stages of the project. This is a fourth generation program that produces code in the dBase III language. Normal programming techniques were used after a certain level of code complexity was reached. The tumor registrar who keeps the written histories was involved in development of the presentation screens; this made the program more user-friendly. This project is significant in that: 1) it is not cost effective for a community hospital to purchase an available commercial program and dBase is affordable, 2) it is more efficient to have a computer maintained record system than a manual record keeping system, 3) it provides for rapid statistical analysis and enhances the physician's analysis capabilities.

• OSTI ID: 5803712
• Journal Information: Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science; (United States), Journal Name: Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science; (United States) Vol. 62:2; ISSN 0040-313X; ISSN JTASA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: ENGLISH

Related Subjects

99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
990220 -- Computers
Computerized Models
& Computer Programs-- (1987-1989)
990300* -- Information Handling
DATA BASE MANAGEMENT
DATA COMPILATION
INFORMATION
MANAGEMENT
MEDICAL RECORDS
NEOPLASMS
PROGRAMMING