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The MEDICA II, a medical data processing system for “Multiple Health Examination (MHE)” in the Center for Adult Diseases, Osaka, is described. This system with its basic functions fully studied has been developed as an experimental model of automated medical record system. The computer used is NEAC 2200/Model 100 with a core memory of 32 K characters.
In the MEDICA II, medical records conventionally handwritten and filed are copied and coded on a specially designed “Casesheet”, and keypunched onto eight 80-column punched cards for each case. The records are then processed by a computer and transferred to a magnetic tape file- “Basic Medical File (BMF)” for storage.
On completion of BMF, the “MHE Report” and other reports are automatically printed out. This processing is performed weekly and BMF and the “Index File” are up-dated at the same time. With the MEDICA II, more than 5 000 records have been processed and stored.
BMF can be readily retrieved by any available key words such as the patient's name, sex and birth date, identification number or file number, using a single parameter card carrying key words on it.
Another notable feature in this system is the patient's identification system. The identification number is automatically given, based on the name, sex and birth date to be used as an important key word.
Since analysis of the stored data is one of the important purposes of the MEDICA II, many programs for statistical analysis have been made.
Discussions are made of the future application of a computer to hospital information systems and further development of the MEDICA II system.
