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Methods of Information in Medicine, 1969
Methods for supplying medical personnel, especially in isolated areas, with the same sophisticate... more Methods for supplying medical personnel, especially in isolated areas, with the same sophisticated medical information and computational facilities that are available in major medical centers, were investigated. Inexpensive, readily available input/output terminals, including the pushbutton telephone, were tested with several biomedical application programs. An experimental network, consisting of several independent commercial time-sharing computers linked to user terminals through a small communication control computer, was constructed to demonstrate an efficient and flexible approach to remote computer access. The communication control computer, acting as a message handling and translating interface, allowed the use of a uniform terminal control language and common data handling conventions. By linking to the most powerful commercial time-sharing systems available, a reliable medical data processing network was established without a major investment in computer hardware or system ...
Journal of American Medical Association, 1969
1. Standard 12-key Touch-Tone telephone. The standard telephone is convenient, reliable, economic... more 1. Standard 12-key Touch-Tone telephone. The standard telephone is convenient, reliable, economical and effective as a computer input-output terminal. By means of dialed input and computer-driven voice output, medical application programs have been implemented in the areas of drug information retrieval therapy computation, and diagnosis assistance. The high-speed digital computer and a broad spectrum of computer-based services will be¬ come increasingly important in the support of medi¬ cal care and in the conduct of medical education. In the past, the use of computer facilities has been common only in large medical centers. Small medi¬ cal organizations and individual practitioners were rarely able to apply computer techniques to their problems because of high cost, difficult operating procedures, and machine unavailability. The de¬ velopment of new telephone communications tech¬ nology, the design of versatile remote computer terminals, and the establishment of commercial time-shared computer utilities have brought the power of the computer within the reach of the small-scale user. A medical telecommunications project was estab¬ lished by the Division of Computer Research and Technology at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to explore new methods to distribute com¬ puter services to health workers. As an initial ex¬ periment, several application programs have been implemented on remote access time-shared com¬ puters with audio-response service (also referred to as voice answerback). Telephones are used as com¬ puter terminals, with input entered from the push¬ button keyboard normally used to dial telephone numbers, and output heard through the hand re¬ ceiver. In no instance is speech recognition by a computer implied by this use of the telephone. This communication explains the operation of audio-response computer services and discusses the ad¬ vantages and disadvantages of telephone access methods. Illustrative medical programs in the areas of drug information retrieval, fluid therapy dosage computation, and diagnostic assistance are de¬ scribed. The use of telephone terminals for medical in¬ formation retrieval work is receiving increasing at¬ tention. A noncomputerized telephone inquiry center to service physicians with advice from a library of magnetic tape recordings is operational
1. Standard 12-key Touch-Tone telephone.
Methods of Information in Medicine, 1969
Methods for supplying medical personnel, especially in isolated areas, with the same sophisticate... more Methods for supplying medical personnel, especially in isolated areas, with the same sophisticated medical information and computational facilities that are available in major medical centers, were investigated. Inexpensive, readily available input/output terminals, including the pushbutton telephone, were tested with several biomedical application programs. An experimental network, consisting of several independent commercial time-sharing computers linked to user terminals through a small communication control computer, was constructed to demonstrate an efficient and flexible approach to remote computer access. The communication control computer, acting as a message handling and translating interface, allowed the use of a uniform terminal control language and common data handling conventions. By linking to the most powerful commercial time-sharing systems available, a reliable medical data processing network was established without a major investment in computer hardware or system ...
Journal of American Medical Association, 1969
1. Standard 12-key Touch-Tone telephone. The standard telephone is convenient, reliable, economic... more 1. Standard 12-key Touch-Tone telephone. The standard telephone is convenient, reliable, economical and effective as a computer input-output terminal. By means of dialed input and computer-driven voice output, medical application programs have been implemented in the areas of drug information retrieval therapy computation, and diagnosis assistance. The high-speed digital computer and a broad spectrum of computer-based services will be¬ come increasingly important in the support of medi¬ cal care and in the conduct of medical education. In the past, the use of computer facilities has been common only in large medical centers. Small medi¬ cal organizations and individual practitioners were rarely able to apply computer techniques to their problems because of high cost, difficult operating procedures, and machine unavailability. The de¬ velopment of new telephone communications tech¬ nology, the design of versatile remote computer terminals, and the establishment of commercial time-shared computer utilities have brought the power of the computer within the reach of the small-scale user. A medical telecommunications project was estab¬ lished by the Division of Computer Research and Technology at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to explore new methods to distribute com¬ puter services to health workers. As an initial ex¬ periment, several application programs have been implemented on remote access time-shared com¬ puters with audio-response service (also referred to as voice answerback). Telephones are used as com¬ puter terminals, with input entered from the push¬ button keyboard normally used to dial telephone numbers, and output heard through the hand re¬ ceiver. In no instance is speech recognition by a computer implied by this use of the telephone. This communication explains the operation of audio-response computer services and discusses the ad¬ vantages and disadvantages of telephone access methods. Illustrative medical programs in the areas of drug information retrieval, fluid therapy dosage computation, and diagnostic assistance are de¬ scribed. The use of telephone terminals for medical in¬ formation retrieval work is receiving increasing at¬ tention. A noncomputerized telephone inquiry center to service physicians with advice from a library of magnetic tape recordings is operational
1. Standard 12-key Touch-Tone telephone.