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- Title
Surgery and out-patient data collection and reporting using Filemaker Pro.
- Authors
CONFORTI, A.; MARCI, R.; MOUSTAFA, M.; TSIBANAKOS, I.; KRISHNAMURTHY, G.; ALVIGGI, C.; PAGANO, T.; STAIANO, S.; MOLLO, A.; DE PLACIDO, G.; MAGOS, A.
- Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The application of an electronic database in clinical practice is used widespread in every field of medicine. The aim of the present study is to illustrate our experience to use a database software for documentation of two of our clinical activities, outpatient hysteroscopy and inpatient gynaecological surgery. PATIENTS AND METHODS: In 2004, we designed two databases, the first one to document surgical procedures in the operating theatre, the second to document outpatient hysteroscopy procedures using FileMaker v.8.5. The data entry interface contains free text fields for patient demographic data and the description of the surgical procedure, supplemented by drop-down lists for items such as clinical findings, procedures, instrumentation, technique, and complications. Copies were filed in the main hospital notes, sent to General Practitioners, and also given to our patients. RESULTS: Since August 2004, we have used our two databases to document 2766 gynaecological operations and 3777 outpatient hysteroscopies. All users particularly liked the dropdown lists as their use greatly reduced the time taken to enter each patient's data. The databases were regularly used to select patients for audit projects and research data collection for prospective studies. CONCLUSIONS: FileMaker is an user-friendly and easily configured software, extremely valuable in everyday clinical work.
- Subjects
ELECTRONIC health records; MEDICAL care; MEDICAL informatics; MEDICAL records; PATIENT safety
- Publication
European Review for Medical & Pharmacological Sciences, 2018, Vol 22, Issue 10, p2918
- ISSN
1128-3602
- Publication type
Article