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Collecting data for administrative, statistical, medical, and organizational purposes is becoming increasingly important in anesthesia. In 1986 the Swiss Society for Anesthesiology decided to create a program that would be compatible for different computers and would expedite data collection. The system developed was called Information System for Operations (ISOP), which was written in the database and programming system Massachusetts General Hospital Utility Multi Programming System (MUMPS). It was installed in eight hospitals and met the initial requirements, but the individual requirements of the hospitals were greatly underestimated. MUMPS has an impressive data storage capability and handling when used in a personal computer (PC) network. The user-interface, however, is inferior to other PC packages, partly because windowing and mouse support were not implemented when the ANSI standard was set. Improved statistical programs, a module for on-line data acquisition, and intensive care unit (ICU) use will be additional modules to the program.
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An address delivered on the occasion of the First Annual Meeting of the European Society for Computing in Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Goldegg, Austria, Oct 26, 1990.
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Zbinden, A.M., Christensen, J. & Kuster, M. How can a standard software package for data management in anesthesia be achieved?. J Clin Monitor Comput 8, 315–318 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01617914
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