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NASA is developing a Health Maintenance Facility to provide medical equipment and supplies requisite for the Space Station to be launched in the late 1990s. An essential component of this medical facility is a computerized Medical Decision Support System which will expedite medical officers' efforts to maintain the crew's health. The computerized system includes four major functions:
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A data collection and storage system with a self-contained medical expert scheme for performing treatment protocols. The expert system has ‘data driven’ and ‘time driven’ capabilities to facilitate automatic decision-making functions.
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An integrated medical record and medical ‘reference’ information management component.
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An inventory management system for medical supplies and pharmaceuticals.
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Video, audio, and data communications between the medical officer in the Space Station and ground-based medical personnel.
This paper discusses the design of such computerized data collection, communications and expert medical systems as will be developed for use in a Space Station Health Maintenance Facility.
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Gardner, R.M., Ostler, D.V., Nelson, B.D. et al. The role of smart medical systems in the Space Station. J Clin Monit Comput 6, 91–98 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01720419
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