COMPUTER in a white coat.
The patient, who came to the clinic for a doctor, first and foremost source of information. The doctor begins by saying that collects medical history, asks questions, and quickly, to have enough time to all pending administration, records the answers in history.
Why should a doctor talking to patients? To obtain information on the basis of processing which he will try to make a diagnosis. The doctor identifies and remembers the signs of the disease. But in many cases this is not enough. Then the doctor uses technical means to obtain additional information: the patient puts a thermometer, makes an electrocardiogram ... But sooner or later there comes a time when the doctor believes the information gathered sufficient for processing it in order to establish the nature of the disease.
Thus, the processing of information. How do you turn a lot of signs in the diagnosis? Now, if the temperature increase could be just the flu, then looked at the thermometer immediately could be established - in patients with influenza. But fever is and dozens of other diseases! So try one this criterion to determine the patient flu or something else! But sometimes a doctor, asking and examining the patient, establishes dozens of symptoms of various diseases.
When the doctor comes to the aid of a computer (not in the experiments, as in some places has already been accomplished, and in all or most of the clinics), the picture changes. Ability to use computer technology in medical practice foreseen in the early 70s. However, over the years, computers are much improved. There are new opportunities.
The computer helps to receive patients.
In the near future on the table for all physicians will be a personal computer (PC), connected by a line due to the large computer hospitals. This computer, in turn, can communicate with the computers of other departments, with stores of knowledge, help systems, etc. Let's see what features may have medical device in this case.