The Primary Care Cooperative Information Project: Data System II

摘要

Dartmouth's Primary Care Cooperative Information Project (COOP) developed Data System II to insure the continuation of its research efforts. To achieve this goal, a disseminated network of micro-computers linked to a central mainframe computer was chosen. Data System II was developed jointly by COOP staff and a commercial vendor. It uses Q-PRO 4™, a systems development program, and is adaptable to several computers. Integration with office management programs is possible. The micro-computers operate independently in members' offices, and locally generated reports including patient recalls, health maintenance schedules and a referral tracking system are of sufficient clinical utility that the physicians bear the cost of maintaining the system. Aggregate data collected centrally assure the continuation of the COOP's cross-practice database and the research based upon it.