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A managed care workstation for support of ambulatory care in Veterans Health Administration medical centers

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This paper describes the development of a Managed Care Workstation for implementation in a Department of Veterans Affairs hospital. Each VA hospital information system contains a wealth of information in a comprehensive and well integrated M database, however, a clinician's access to the information is hampered by a lack of usable database tools. The Managed Care Workstation is designed to enhance access to VA databases. The workstation uses M (Mumps) and SQL to present the VA's M hierarchical database as relational tables on the workstation. This work reveals the benefits of using a SQL-M workstation to access data contained in an M based hospital information system and demonstrates how the workstation architecture supports the information model necessary for management of patient care outcomes.

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  1. Program in Medical Informatics, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 27514, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

    C. Levy & J. E. Hammond

  2. Dept. of Pathology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 27514, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

    J. E. Hammond

  3. Department of Veterans Affairs Quality Management Institute, 27705, Durham, North Carolina

    C. Levy & C. Beauchamp

  4. Duke University School of Medicine, 27705, Durham, North Carolina

    C. Beauchamp

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Levy, C., Beauchamp, C. & Hammond, J.E. A managed care workstation for support of ambulatory care in Veterans Health Administration medical centers. J Med Syst 19, 387–396 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02260828

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