Rapid Detection and Reporting of Programming Errors in Medical Information Systems

摘要

Effective Medical Information Systems (MIS) are characterized by an ability to consistently provide users with information that agrees with their expectations. When a system does not perform as expected it is assumed that this system contains at least one, generally more than one, error. A significant improvement in the Software Development Staff's (SDS) ability to quickly identify errors in a MIS will certainly shorten the development cycle. Errors may be roughly divided into three types: specification errors, logical design errors, and programming language errors. We present procedures that are effective in the detection of many kinds of programming language errors. An example of an implementation of these procedures is demonstrated for a MUMPS multiuser system (Tandem NonStop System).