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MEDINFO89
Proceedings of the Sixth Conference on Medical Informatics
Beijing, China, 16-20 October, 1989 and
Singapore, Republic of Singapore, 11-15 December, 1989
Edited by
BARRY BARBER
NHS Information Management Centre
Birmingham, U.K.
DULIE QIN
Dept. of Biomedical Engineering
Capital Institute of Medicine
Beijing, China
DEXIAN CAO
Dept. of Medical ComputerApplicationsCancer Institute and Hospital
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
Beijing, China
GUSTAV WAGNER
Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum
Heidelberg, Federal Republic of Germany
Part 2
JUNIVUMIVERSSTATS8IBLIOTHEHANNOVER
TECHNISCHEINFORMATIONSBIBUOTHI
1989
NORTH-HOLLAND
AMSTERDAM NEW YORK OXFORD • TOKYO
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Session 31: Computer Support of Medical Research
Physiopathological Simulation in a Medical Expert SystemPhilippe Dugerdil and Joel Guillod (Switzerland) 752
Evaluation of a Multiple Biophase Compartment Model for Muscle Relaxants
Heimann Gilly, Karl Steinbereithner and Josef Zaussinger (Austria) 757
The Molecular Geometry and Display for Chinese Traditional
and Folk Medicines
Geng Yijin, Zheng Qitai, Luo Qingzhong and Lu Yang (China) 762
Decomposition of Age Curves of Cancer Mortality Rate
Masahiko Okada, Mihoko Okada and Minora Yakata (Japan) 765
A Doctor-Oriented Popular Statistical Package for All
Types of ComputerJin Pihuan (China) 770
PETBASE, A Statistical Database-System for the Anatomically-BasedAnalysis of PET Data
C Beil and H Bonner (FRG) 774
PART 2
Computers and Medical Records
Session 32:1 Standardisation and Automation
Augmented Physician Interactive Medical Record
Ben T Williams, Carl Foote, Chris Galassie and Robert C Schaeffer (USA) 779
The Portable Patient File: An Intelligent Automated Medical Record
Shon Naeymirad, David Trace, Frank Naeymi-Rad, Lowell Carmony,Masayo Kobashi, Theresa Kepic and Martha livens (USA) 784
UMIS, Universal Medical Information Service
History and ProgressDonald C Walker (Australia) 790
Adapting a Medical Language Processor from English to French
Naomi Sager, Margaret Lyman, Leo J Tick, Francois Borst, Ngo Thanh Nhan,Claude Reveillard.Yun Su and Jean-Raoul Scherrer (USA, Switzerland & China) 795
Context & Relevance in the Automatic Indexing of
Natural Language Discharge Letters
P Dujols, P Aubas and E Charpentier (France) 800
Concepts for a Medical Data DictionaryAMicheLHUProkoschandJDudeck (FRG) 805
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Session 33: II Applications in Clinical PracticePilot Test and Preliminary Evaluation of an Optical Card
Medical Record SystemC Vallbona, J H U Brown, J Albin, J Shoda, J Norris and M Fowler (USA) 809
An Electronic Notebook for Problem Oriented Patient Progress Notes:
Testing a ConceptA Assimacopoulos, C Revillard, F Herrmann, F Borst, N Paschoud
and J R Scherrer (Switzerland) 813
Computers on the Ward: Orthopaedic Care with a Paperless Medical Record
and Nursing Plan
Timo Niinimaki, Heino Poutanen, Britt-Marie Myllylaand Raija Tervo-Pellikka (Finland) 818
A Problem Oriented Computerized Medical Record System (CLINIC)for a Community Care Clinic Featuring Direct Data Entry byMedical Personnel
Jacob Urkin, Sheila Warshawsky, Oded Dagan and Carmi Z Margolis(Israel) 822
Training Medical Students in History Taking Using UnrestrictedNatural Language and Digital Pre-Recorded Vocal OutputMichael Anbar, Sean J D'Arcy and Ada Anbar (USA) 825
Patient-Held Records: A Step Towards Better Clinical Information?K K Cheng, S M Mcghee, R B Jones and A J Hedley (Hong Kong & UK) 829
Coding and ClassificationSession 34:1
The Use of the International Classification of Primary Care is an
Episode-Oriented Database
Henk Lamberts (The Netherlands) 835
SNOMED and MeSH Translation of Autopsy Diagnoses from Englishand French Natural Language Text
Rudolph P Baumann, Emmanuel N Nsah and G William Moore (Switzerland & USA) 840
Identification of the Phase of Mitosis of High Resolution Human Chromosomes
by Coding Method: An Application of Pansystem TheorySu Zaifu, Liu Xixian and Bao Hanfei (China) 844
Computerized Chinese Classification of Diseases and Coding SystemLi Ensheng (China) 848
Barrier Word Method for Detecting Multiple-Word Dutch
Medical Terms at First Encounter
Kasper WF Tersmette, A C Tersmette MPH, G William Moore, Robert E Miller,G J A Offerhaus andA J P M Overbeke (USA & The Netherlands) 853
Barrier Word Method for Detecting Multiple-Word French
Medical Terms at First EncounterEmmanuel N Nsah, G William Moore, Chantal Bismuth and Christine S Leonhardt
(USA, France & Canada) 858
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Session 35: IIInformation System Development for Case-Mix Management in Belgium
FH Roger, M C Closon, F Moraux, C Beguin, M Joos and J LWillems (Belguim) 863
DRG's and Severity in Intensive Care Unit
J L Pourriat, B Huet, JM Rodrigues, J Fosse and M Cupa (France) 866
Using Diagnostic Related Groups (DRGs) in a Spanish DatabaseMerce Casas, Rosa Tomas, Carlos Murillo and Francisco Ortiz (Spain) 871
A French Extension of the ICD-9 for the Classification of
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infections
Fabrice Boulay (France) 875
Computerized Natural Medical Language Processing for KnowledgeRepresentation: Overview of IMIA Working Group Conference,Geneva, September 1988
Christopher G Chute and Roger A C6te (USA & Canada) 878
Proposed Model for Coding of Patient Nurse Data
Joyce J Fitzpatrick and Roy L Simpson (USA) 882
Computers and Medical Literature
Session 36:1 Bibliographic SystemsThe Use of Bibliographic Information in Medicine
Nancy K Roderer (USA) 887
Nurseline: An On-Line Nursing Management Information System
Virginia K Saba (USA) 892
A Bibliometric Analysis of Acupuncture Literature Based on ACULARS
Wu Lancheng, Peng Liyan, Liu Xinghua, Cheng Jianxin, Deng Qingqing and
Liu Jing (China) 896
Creating a Chinese Language Interface for the Quick Medical Reference
(QMR) ProgramHe Yu-sheng, Fred E Masarie Jr, Randolph A Miller and Zheng Te
(China & USA) 900
Options for Searching MEDLINE: The CD-ROM Alternative
Carol Hansen Fenichel (USA) 903
Session 37: II Processing and Interpretation of
Medical Reference Data
A Bit-Mapped Workstation for Multi-Lingual Medical Research
Richard F Walters (USA) 906
A Test Collection for Experimentation in Bibliographic Retrieval
Peri L Schuyler, Alexa T McCray and HaroldM Schoolman (USA) 910
English-Japanese and Japanese-English Machine Translations of
Medical Literature
Takahiro Kiuchi and Shigekoto Kaihara (Japan) 913
English-Chinese Character Translation:
Observations on Hardware and Software Standards
Donald C Kern and Zheng Te (USA & China) 918
Traditional Chinese Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval SystemLu Rongying, Han Xiurong, Fang Ling, Shi Zhenwu, Zhou Jixian
and FuZhuo (China) 922
Nursing Intervention Lexicon & Taxomony Study:
Description of a Conceptual Framework
SusanJGrobe(USA) 925
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Education in Medical InformaticsSession 38
Medical Informatics and Education: Review of an IMIA Conference
J R Moehr, D J Protti and R Salamon (Canada & France) 931
Authoring System for Easy Design and Implementation of
Microcomputer-Based Patient Simulations
J Bozikov, F Santek, T Akatsuka, Gj Dezelic, J Kern and T Kubo (Yugoslavia & Japan) 936
Computers and Medical Education
AHasman (The Netherlands) 940
Education in Nursing Informatics: Curriculum and Clientele
Barbara R Heller, Carol A Romano and Lisa R Moray (USA) 945
A Practical Course on Knowledge Engineering for Health Professionals
Renato M E Sabbatini (Brazil) 949
An Intelligent Tutoring System Designed for Rural Health Workers
in Developing Countries
P Aegerter, B Auvert, V Gilbos, G Desve, V Adrian, M F Landre and D Bos (France) 953
Information Systems in Medicine and Health Care
Session 39:1
A Simulation Model of a General Hospital in Times of EmergencyD Bregman, L Epstein and I Shemer (Israel) 959
A Total Health Support System by Evolution Not Revolution
Jean Roberts (UK) 963
CLINQUERY: A Program that Allows Physicians to Searcha Large Clinical Data Base
Charles Safran, Charles Rury, John Lightfoot and Douglas Porter (USA) 966
The Present and Future Health information Systemof the German Democratic RepublicDoris Panzer (GDR) 971
Session 40: II
DDx & Tx: The Dental Diagnosis and Treatment Project
Lynn A Johnson (USA) 976
ARPIA: Ambulatory and Research in Pediatrics by Information Assistance
Paolino Di Felice, Allesandro D'Atri and Vincenzo Curr6 (Italy) 979
Using an Automated Referral System for Social Work
Al Crawford and Allison J Young (USA) 983
Development of the Health Center Information System in the City of Seoul
Hyeoun-Ae Park (Korea) 987
A Computer-Based Appointment System for General Practice
T J Howkins and C R Kay (UK) 991
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Session 41: III Support of Epidemiology and Public HealthAssessment of a Probabilistic Decision Support Methodology for
Tropical Health Care
PeterByassandP. TumaniCorrah (The Gambia) 995A Preliminary Optimal Control Model for the AIDS Epidemic
Eduardo Massad (Brazil) 1001
Follow-Up Studies: A Practical Model and its Computer Simulations
Zhao Guolong, XiaJielai, Xu Yongyong and Xiong Shisong (China) 1006
The Operator Receiving Characteristic (ORC) Curve:
Evaluation of the Influence of Varying End Point Criteria
on the Validity of Diagnostic Tests
HW Jongsma and J J M Menssen (The Netherlands) 1011
Session 42: IV Health Care Support Systemspro-FILE: A Comprehensive System for Patient Management,
Clinical Management and Resource Utilization Management
Using Bar Code and Microcomputer TechnologyEric Macdonald and Michael H Nusbaum (Canada) 1015
Information System Requirements for Modelling the Needs
of a Public Health Care SystemMichal T Bojanczyk and Jacek B Krawczyk (Kuwait & New Zealand) 1019
Methods for Infectious Disease ForecastingHao Hongqi, Feng Hongyou and Li Cheng (China) 1024
Clinical Information Systems: The Key to Better Managementfor Long Term Care of Chronic Disease
A J Hedley, R B Jones, S M McGhee and Cheng K K (Hong Kong & UK) 1029
HL7: An Emerging Standard for Health Information SystemsSSchultz and I Abraham (USA) 1032
Evaluation and Planning for Health Care
Session 43
A Simulation Environment for the Recipient Selection in
Kidney TransplantationThomas Wujciak (FRG) 1039
Testing the Completeness of Epidemiological Case Reporting Systems:A Statistical Method for Chronic Diseases
A Verdecchia and S Giampaoli (Italy) 1043
The Balance of Care Microcomputer SystemPaul Forte and Tom Bowen (UK) 1047
A Job Orientation Model of Impact on Work
Seven Months Post ImplementationBonnie Kaplan and Dennis Duchon (USA) 1051
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Medical Informatics in Different Countries
Session 44
Human Resources System of Ministry of Public Health
Jorge Fernandez (Cuba) 1059
Developing Informatics Plans in Health Care OrganizationsV L Perez (Chile) 1062
Medical Informatics in China: Developments, Problems and Discussions
Cao Dexian (China) 1065
Introduction of Microcomputer Technology to Primary Health Care
Facilities at District Level -
The Experience of the University of Malaya, Malaysia
Soon-TeongTeoh (Malaysia) 1070
The State of Develpment of Informatics in Primary Health Care in NorwayJon Hilmar Iversen, Rolf Hansen, Petter Hurlen and Bjarte G Solheim (Norway) 1074
Computer Assisted Instruction in Continuing Education for
Primary Health Care: Project Concepts and Development
Gj Dezelic, T Akatsuka, J Bozikov, M Hori, J Kern, T Kubo and F Santek
(Yugoslavia & Japan) 1078
Computer NetworkingSession 45:1
Communication in a Hospital Information System - Improvement by ISDNCarl-Theo Ehlers (FRG) 1085
From a Dedicated HIS Towards an Open Architecture
JML Kouwenberg, M J T van Gennip and A R Bakker (The Netherlands) 1089
Messaging: Open Systems in Practice
PSAthwall(UK) 1093
R-NET: A Computer Network for the Physically Disabled
Umid R Nejib PhD (USA) 1097
A Heterogeneous MUMPS Network as Basis for a
Departmental Clinical Information SystemH Pitz, H P Howaldt andW Giere (FRG) 1101
Session 46: II
NHS Family Practitioner Service Data Communications StrategySem Mason (UK) 1104
Computer Communication System for NCKU HospitalT S Chen and T G Gough (China) 1108
Computerization of a Clinical Trial to Acquire Data in Real-Time
and to Manage Them with a Network of Laptop ComputersUsing User-Friendly Software
V6ronique Piffero, Renege Benghozi, Michel Wurm, Jean Gourdin and
Marc O Vermeille (France) 1113
Linking and Pooling National Clinical Research DataDonald R Studney and Donald W Paty (Canada) 1117
A Computer Communication Network for Hospitals and General Practice
P G Arnou, P C Bouman, A Hasman and P H Ferwerda (The Netherlands) 1121
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Developments in Medical DatabasesSession 47
Pragmatic Database ModellingPatrice Degoulet and Francois-Christophe Jean (France) 1127
Data and Methodbase Management Software System (RAMSES)for Image Processing in Tissue CharacterizingMagnetic Resonance ImagingThomas Tolxdorff, Heinz Handels, Frauke Upmeier, Helmut DrieBen and
Rudolf Repges (FRG) 1132
A Proposal for the Use of Distributed Relational Database ManagementSystems (DRDBMS) in Public HospitalsVakrio J Ydcubsohn (Argentina) 1136
Traditional Chinese Medicines Contemporary Literature Database
and Retrieval SystemGuo Fengwen, Liu Jingmin, Zheng Ruitai and Hong Xiaoshun (China) 1140
Research and Development of Traditional Chinese PrescriptionIntelligent Analysis Support System (CPIASS)Sun Jizheng, Ren Tingge, Liu Hongjun and Wang Jiacai (China) 1144
Developments in Technical Support SystemsSession 48
Smart Cards in Health Care: A Solution in Search of a Problem
Nancy Mann (USA) 1151
A Prototype for Adaptable Physician-Directed Data EntryRick Pionkowski, Arthur Baskin and Ben T Williams (USA) 1156
Filmless Medical Imaging SystemMelvin Siedband and Huilian Zhang (USA) 1160
An Application of Optical Cards to Mass Health Examination
Shoichiro Hara, Koryo Sawai, Setuko Nakamura, Akehi Yamazaki and
Toshiyuki Furukawa (Japan) 1164
The CD-WORM in Practice
D K Donker and A Hasman (The Netherlands) 1169
A Computerized Health Equipment Management System
Wang Binseng and Cleidemir de P C&idido (Brazil) 1172
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SCIENTIFIC
DEMONSTRATION SESSIONS
Demonstration Session 101: Decision Support in Medicine I
Computerized Decision Support for Diagnosis and Treatment
in Dental PracticeLM Abbey (USA) 1179
A Computer Assisted System for Diagnostic and Therapeutic Decisions
in Acute Renal Failure in Children
Marek W Kurzynski, Jerzy Sas and Marek Jelenik (Poland) 1179
A Medical Consultation System for Use in Pharmacies and it's
Approximate Reasoning AlgorithmGuo Rongjiang, Liu Subin, Takao Ozaki and Teru Inaba (China) 1180
A Consultative System for Diagnosis, Treatment and Fluid Therapy of Burns
Chen Qiuhao, Xiao Han, Sun Yonghua and Li Chi (China) 1180
HEPAXPERT: Automated Interpretation of Hepatitis Serology FindingsKlaus-Peter Adlassnig and Wolfgang Horak (Austria) 1181
Demonstration Session 102: Decision Support in Medicine IIEvaluation and Testing of Decision Models with Data Bases: Laboratory
and Clinical Medicine/Nursing ApplicationsCasimir A Kulikowski, Sholom M Weiss, Robert S Galen, Duncan Neuhauser,Patricia Brennen and Charles Safran (USA) 1182
A Knowledge-Based System For Giving Expert Advice to the Patient in
All Matters Relating to Conception, Pregnancy and ChildbirthBernard Richards, Glyn Hayes and F Leong (UK) 1183
Expert Systems & Interactive Videodisc for Lymph-Node PathologyB N Nathwani, D E Heckerman and E J Horvitz (USA) 1184
The Application of Decision Trees in Common Body DevelopmentDetermination: Learning from ExamplesMartin Bigec, Kurt Kancler, Peter Kokol and Marjan Mernik (Yugoslavia) 1185
Demonstration Session 103: Decision Support in Medicine III:
Applications for Traditional Chinese Medicine
Computer Applications in Nursing of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Tan Degao (China) 1186
Connectionist Traditional Chinese Medicine Expert System-—NCCSTian He and Tai Juwei (China) 1186
Application of a Computer to Simulate Litong Ma's Therapeutic Qigongfor Medical Treatments and Health
Huang Fengling, Wang Xiang and Fu Guoqiang (China) 1187
ZJXT Acupuncture Expert SystemYue Changli, Yu Zhishun, Liu Xiao Wei, Huang Bingshan, Shi Xian
and Hao Jihun (China) 1188
Demonstration Session 104: Hospital Information Systems and
WorkstationsTowards a Manager's Workstation
John Kwok,Alastair Morgan and David Rodrick (UK) 1189
PACS Desktop Workstation for Interactive Image AnalysisOsman Ratib, HK Huang and Jean-R Scherrer (Switzerland) 1189
DIOGENE: Trends of a Fully Integrated Hospital Information SystemJ-R Scherrer, R Baud, A Brisebarre, A Assimacopolous, A Rouge andD de Roulet (Switzerland) i 190
Zanny - A Computer Based System for Dental Practice
I-V Wagner, W Schneider, G Olsson, F Bergqvist, L Hennig, K LoVgren,G Moberg, S Steen, C Schonqvist, R Dittler H Kunath, G Zenner and D Riedel
(DDR & Sweden) 1191An Integrated Health Care Information System Developed by MIMER
Software AB for Stockholm County Council
Sten Ake Sandstrom (Sweden) 1192
Demonstration Session 105: Image ProcessingAutorecognition of Schistosomal Eggs with Microcomputer
Huang Weiheng and Wan Zhihong (China) 1193
Obtaining Shapes of Nucleus and Sub-Nucleuses in 3-D Space with
Image Analysis TechnologyShen Yifan, Wang Chengdao and Wan Jiaruo (China) 1194
DARE - Data Base Radiology Essen -
a Five Years' ExperienceEberhard Lbhr, Thomas Philippi and Lena L6hr (FRG) 1195
Demonstration Session 106: Clinical Computer Applications IBrain Chart: A Useful Tool for Brain Lesion Localization
Joseph C Masdeu and David Suarez (USA) 1197
Measurements of the Parameters of ECOCHG and AP Tuning Curve
and their Clinical ApplicationsChen Hongwen and Gu Rui (China) 1197
Acute Trauma Simulation Using MICROTEXTWilliam A Corbett, Paul R Edwards, Malcolm J Taylor and Caroline Johnson (UK) 1198
Application of Microprocessor on Apple II in Inspecting andAnalysing Ultrasonic CardiogramQiu Deshu and Pan Jiuyi (China) 1198
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Demonstration Session 107: Clinical Computer Applications II
Computerised Analysis of the Plantar and Step Rest as a ReckoningMethod of the Pathological Foot
T Carletti, A Fasci, E Casiraghi, G Spada and V Pietrogrande (Italy) 1199
Body Surface Electrocardiographic Peak Mapping Diagnostic SystemWen Yinrnei, Lu Weiwu, Chang Yuping, Wang Zhengping, Liu Xiaojie,Fang Qiding and Wang Xiaoyin (China) 1200
Computers in Intensive Care Units: Patient Management Using the
PDB SystemR Salasidis, A L Padjen and D Fleiszer (Canada) 1200
On the Hypothesis of the Electrocardial Quasi-Spheroid Field
Yin Bingsheng, Liang Zhongyou, Zhan Guoan, Yang Shuiquan, Pan Sida,Yan Qixian, Nong Debing and Wang Jie (China) 1201
Computerised Interpretation of ECGJan A Kors and Jan H van Bemmel (The Netherlands) 1201
Demonstration Session 108: Clinical Computer Applications III
Microcomputer-Controlled Multi-Hue Contrast Sensitivity Function Tester
Du Li, Liu Haiyi, Su Guangda, Sung Chen, Ren Lianzhong and Wai Shihui (China) 1202
A Consulting System for Nutrition of Chinese Elite Athletes
Huang Yinmin, Chen Qing, Chen Jidi, Wang Jianfang, Yuan Qiang, Zhang Ceayuan,Lin Zhenqi and Wang Shewan (China) 1203
Research on Multi-Purpose System of Auto-Analysis of Sphygmogramand Several Common Pulses
Lu Huimin, Xu Yuexin, Yin Ganglin, Lui Yang and Zhu Yanmei (China) 1203
Design of a Measuring Gait SystemZhuang Yalun, Wang Zuchang, Huang Songnian, Zhang Jianzhong and
Yu Jingcheng (China) 1204
Demonstration Session 109: Medical RecordsELIAS, Support for Medical Care
Wilfried M Boon and Joop S Duisterhout (The Netherlands) 1205
Computer Interrogation of Patients and Diagnostic Decision Supportin DyspepsiaG Lindberg and R P Knill-Jones (Sweden) 1206
Making an Electronic Medical Record SystemY Yamashita, S Sasayama, A Endo, T Sakurai and T Takahashi (Japan) 1207
Demonstration Session 110:
Medical Language Translation and Coding IInformation System for Chinese Materia Medica in Thousands of
Traditional PrescriptionsHu Shilin, Zhang Yi and Li Shan (China) 1208
Quick Medical Reference (QMR): A Microcomputerbased DiagnosticSupport Tool for Internal Medicine
Fred E Masarie Jr and Randolph A Miller (USA) 1209
Medical Words and Phrases Information Processing SystemMao Shusong, Wang Tanweng, Wang Yawang, Shen Zhong and
Kong Linren (China) 1209
Natural Language Interpretation to SNOMED and ICD-9Yoichi Satomura and Masayuki Honda (Japan) 1210
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Demonstration Session 111:
Medical Language Translation and Coding IIA Machine Translation System for Medical Literature
Min Zhenhui, Shia Zhenhua and Chen Zhenjie (China) 1211Clinical Practical System of Intelligence Chinese Characters Processing
Liu Shugen, Xiong Zhijian, Li Zuqing, Shan Suxi and Wu Dingzhan (China) 1211TRANSOFT: MUMPS-Based Medical Translator
G William Moore, Wolfgang Giere, Ichiro Wakai and Yoichi Satomura (USA) 1212Chinese Characters and Words Input System for Medicine
Zhang Zhongmin, Yang Wenbin, Zhu Jianfei, Zhou Genlin, Wang Xulong and
Huang Yihua (China) 1212
Demonstration Session 112: Teaching Support SystemsCARDIOLOGIST: A CAI System for Heart Failure Based on Simulation of
Cardiovascular SystemHarukazu Tsuruta, Akihiro Takeuchi, Noriaki Dceda and Toshiro Sato (Japan) 1213
Glomerulonephritis Educational Program -
A Model of Individualised LearningN Akamine, A B Pereira, C J M Pena, C T Costa, C Csillag and D Sigulem (Brazil) 1214
MATRLX - An Authoring Program for Computer -
Assisted Learning in Medical Education
Branko Cesnik and Michael R Kidd (Australia) 1215CASES - A Complete Software Package for Teachers to Produce
Interactive Simulations of Patient ManagementHugo A Verbeek (The Netherlands) 1216
The Application of Information Technology to Dental Education
J David Hardison and Eric E Spohn (USA) 1217
Demonstration Session 113: Support of Epidemiology and Statistics
The Intermediate and Independent Variables Governing China's Population -
with the Data Analyais of Medical Population of Present Site
in Beijing 1987
Mao Huina (China) 1218
An Exploration of Exponential Regression Model to Fit Pneumoconiosis Data
Zhu Xiuxian, Yin Ping, Yu Songlin and Wang Song (China) 1218MEDISTAT - An On-Line Information System for Health and
Population Statistics
Lun Kwok Chan (Singapore) 1219
Indicators of Performance of the National Health Service in England
Ray Rogers (UK) 1220
Computerised Production of Health Service Indicators
GregPhillpotts(UK) 1221
Molecular Modelling Using 1MB PC ComputersLeung Hei-wun,Yip Ching-wan and Yeung Hing-Wing (Hong Kong) 1222
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Poster SessionsDecision Support 1225
Hospital Information Systems 1227
Clinical Applications 1229
Information Systems in Health Care 1231
Informatics in Dentistry, Nursing and Pharmacy; Computers in Education 1235
Coding and Classification; Computer Networking; Computers and Imaging 1236
INDEXES
AUTHOR INDEX 1241
SUBJECT INDEX 1251