Abstract
In chronic medicine, a major direction of computing has been in the field of data bases, with, among other objectives, an ideal of testing hypotheses, seeking patterns. By contrast, computer applications in acute medicine have tended to concentrate on data acquisition, communication, calculation and transformation, control and display, and perhaps some diagnostics.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 1985 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Stafford, T.J., Burney, R. (1985). Data Bases in Acute Medicine. In: Osswald, P.M. (eds) Computers in Critical Care and Pulmonary Medicine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70068-2_10
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70068-2_10
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Print ISBN: 978-3-540-13840-2
Online ISBN: 978-3-642-70068-2
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive