Towards Implementation of Successful Medical Computer Applications

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As the price/performance ratio of computers keeps going down, their use is becoming feasible for more and more medical applications. An important factor contributing to the success of such applications is the care and time spent in the analysis, design, development, implementation and operation phases. Although much literature is available on the actual programming aspects such as structured programming or top-down design techniques for large computer applications, little is said about the human and other factors that should be taken into account to ensure an end product that not only functions correctly but is readily acceptable to those who must use it. The purpose of this paper, therefore, is to present some of the problems that are more frequently encountered in medical computer applications and to focus attention to those items that should be carefully considered as the application evolves from the analysis and design phases to the operational phase. Some suggestions of overcoming these problems are also presented.

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