Flexible system of computer programs allows manipulation and retrieval of data related to patient care. System is written in version of FORTRAN developed for CDC-6600 computer

Alterescu, S.

Collins, L. S.

Schwarz, R. A.

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March 1973	 B73-10073 
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Medical Information Management System (MIMS) 
An Automated Hospital Information System 
S
The problem: 
Efficient management and retrieval of large data 
bases are of significant value to institutions such as 
hospitals. 
The solution: 
A flexible, adaptable system of programs designed to 
allow rapid retrieval of data as well as desired data 
manipulation was developed for usein hospitals. 
How it's done: 
The Medical Management Information System (MIMS) 
was developed to handle all aspects of data related to 
patient care. Its prime benefits are the ability (I) to 
recall a record of a specific patient in a matter of 
seconds, (2) to search for specific types of data among 
patient records, and (3) to do medical research with a 
readily available data base. The flexibility of the system 
allows the user to (1) decide the categories of data, (2) 
decide on the format of the data, (3) change any data 
entry without regard to the length of the original data 
field, (4) reirieve any selected item of data or all of the 
data, (5) generate tabular information assembled from 
the comparison of all the records in the system, and
(6) generate statistical information. MIMS provides an 
efficient method of flexible and complete data retrieval. 
Notes: 
I. This system was written in a version of FORTRAN 
developed by: United Computing Systems, Inc., 
Kansas City, Missouri, for the CDC-6600 com-
puter system. Conversion to a standard version of 
FORTRAN would require considerable effort. 
2. Inquiries concerning this program should be directed 
to:
COSMIC 
112 Barrow Hall 
University of Georgia 
Athens, Georgia 30601 
Reference: GSC-1 1540
Source: Sidney Alterescu
Goddard Space Flight Center and
Ronald A. Schwarz and Louis S. Collins of 
Federal City College
under contract to
Goddard Space Flight Center
(GSC-1 1540) 
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Medical Information Management System (MIMS): An automated hospital information system

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