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Original Article

An opinion survey of computer applications in 149 hospitals in the USA, Europe and Japan

Pages 215-234 | Received 01 Oct 1976, Published online: 12 Jul 2009
 

Abstract

A survey of computer usage and hospital utilization was conducted by means of a questionnaire to hospital administrators. Administrative applications predominate, followed by laboratory and patient-care applications: computers were used more widely than expected. Reasons for success and failure were analysed: the similarity of applications in different countries indicates similar requirements.

Une étude sur l'utilisation d'informatique dans les hbpitaux a été faite aupres des administrateurs graˇce à des questionnaires. Les applications administra-tives predominent. Elles sont suivies par celles qui concernent les laboratoires de biologie clinique et les soins. D'une façon générale, I'informatique est plus largement utilisée gue I'on pourrait ne penser. Les raisons des succès et des échecs sont analysé Quelles que soinet les régions, les applications rencontrés sont similaires; cela nientre que les besoins et exigences sont partout les měmes.

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