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The MEDIGATE Graphical User Interface for Entry of Physical Findings: Design Principles and Implementation

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The solution to many of the problems of the computer-based recording of the medical record has been elusive, largely due to difficulties in the capture of those data elements that comprise the records of the Present Illness and of the Physical Findings. Reliable input of data has proven to be more complex than originally envisioned by early work in the field. This has led to more research and development into better data collection protocols and easy to use human-computer interfaces as support tools. The M edical E xamination D irect I conic and G raphic A ugmented T ext E ntry S ystem (MEDIGATE System) is a computer enhanced interactive graphic and textual record of the findings from physical examinations designed to provide ease of user input and to support organization and processing of the data characterizing these findings. (27,30) The primary design objective of the MEDIGATE System is to develop and evaluate different interface designs for recording observations from the physical examination in an attempt to overcome some of the deficiencies in this major component of the individual record of health and illness.

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Yoder, J.W., Schultz, D.F. & Williams, B.T. The MEDIGATE Graphical User Interface for Entry of Physical Findings: Design Principles and Implementation. Journal of Medical Systems 22, 325–337 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1020578027525

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