Continuous quality improvement through use of perinatal clinical record and AGUSTINA database
Manetti, G.; Rodas, E.; Morici, P.; Fernandez, R.G.; Tonietto, A.; Oliveri, N.
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics 52 Pt 2: 824-826
1998
ISSN/ISBN: 0926-9630 PMID: 10384575 Document Number: 487051
This paper reviews the development of the field of medical informatics in Latin America. It also describes the results of a computer-based data management system, named AGUSTINA, which is comprised of maternal and infant data on 7570 deliveries that occurred between June, 1990 and December, 1996 in a hospital in the surroundings of Buenos Aires, Argentina. These data were fundamental for the instrumentation of preventive community-oriented activities in the area. Finally, this paper describes recommendations for future actions in the area of medical informatics in Latin America. PCR: perinatal clinical record; CLAP, Centro Latino-Americano de Perinato-logia; WHO, World Health Organization; PAHO, Pan-American Health Organization; E-Mail, electronic mail; WWW, world wide web; FTP, file transfer protocol.