Summary
This paper describes briefly the development and current state of the National Standard Child Health Computer System. An outline of the system function and probable future developments is given. Some potentially valuable uses of the data collected and likely problems associated with such uses are mentioned. The possible longer term developments are outlined. A brief technical synopsis is provided.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
Standard Child Health System User Manual.
Report of the Royal Commission on Child Health.
Report of the Committee on Privacy. CMND 5012 HMSO JULY 1972.
Computers and Privacy. CMND 6353 HMSO DECEMBER 1975.
Computers: Safeguards for Privacy. CMND 6354 HMSO December 1975.
Research Methods in Health Care. J. Mckinley ( ED ). Milbank Memorial Fund 1973.
General Practice Record Keeping Using a Real Time Computer. Bradshaw-Smith. ECHSCP. MEDCOMP 77.
Real Time Record Management in General Practice. Grummitt. Int. J. Bio-Medical Computing 1977.
Standard Child Health System: Evaluation Report. WHTSO 1978.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 1978 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
About this paper
Cite this paper
Parkinson, J.S. (1978). A Review of the National Standard Child Health Computer System and its Potential Benefits. In: Anderson, J. (eds) Medical Informatics Europe 78. Lecture Notes in Medical Informatics, vol 1. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-93095-9_75
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-93095-9_75
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Print ISBN: 978-3-540-08916-2
Online ISBN: 978-3-642-93095-9
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive