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Computer-based case tracing (COMTRAC).

E F Osserman·L Katz·W H Sherman·F B Putney
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To assist clinical assessment and decision making, a computer-based system has been developed to organize key data of individual medical records and display these data in a standard graphic format for each disease. A program for multiple myeloma has been completed and 150 case records entered. The data accessed by computer-based case tracing on all cases of a particular disease are available for cumulative and comparative analyses of different therapeutic regimens.

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Data DisplayDecision MakingDiagnosis, Computer-AssistedDrug TherapyFollow-Up StudiesHumansMedical RecordsTherapeuticsJournal ArticleResearch Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

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E F Osserman, L Katz, W H Sherman, F B Putney. 1978-04-28. Computer-based case tracing (COMTRAC).. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/344922/

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