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OpScan-MIMS. A data network system.

The expansion of a unique system for medical, epidemiological, and laboratory information management is described. The system utilizes an automated, optically scanned data entry mode (OpScan), and a generalized, interactive storage and retrieval software package (MIMS). Aggregate medical, epidemiological, and laboratory information are monitored, with the permission of the locality, via telephone terminals at four sexually transmitted disease clinics. OpScan-MIMS combines an efficient, rapid, and cost-effective method for data entry with a user-friendly computer system that requires no specialized training in computer language.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.↗

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Automated data entry and retrieval for health-care management.

The development and implementation of a unique system for medical information management are described. An automated, optically scanned data entry system (OpScan) was combined with a generalized, interactive, storage and retrieval system, the Medical Information Management System (MIMS). OpScan-MIMS operates via a time-share system and requires minimal acquisition and maintenance of hardware. The primary advantages of OpScan-MIMS are its efficient and rapid method for data entry, lack of requirement for technical skills, user-generated programs, and cost-effectiveness. OpScan-MIMS has been utilized in a clinic for sexually transmitted diseases for immediate audit of medical records, monitoring of quality-assurance systems, retrieval of data for statistical analysis and clinic management, and as a teaching instrument for medical and paramedical trainees. Further applications to other systems of health-care management are being developed.

Community Health Centers↗