Journal of Pathology and Translational Medicine

Original Articles

Computerization of Surgical Pathology Reporting by Personal Computer.: Dong Sug Kim, Young Ran Shim, Mee Jin Kim, Hae Joo Nam, Won Hee Choi, Tae Sook Lee; Korean J Pathol. 1992;26(2):146-153.

Abstract PDF: The authors have been developed a menu-driven FoxBASE system for surgical pathology reporting and automatic encoding in Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine. The system requires no prior knowledge of FoxBASE and is readily installed on any IBM or it's compatible personal computer. Working sheet generation is automatically accompanied by data from previous cases on the same patient. Important data which include patient name, age, sex, surgical number, hospital unit number and encoded diagnoses, are stored on the hard disk permanently; complete reports are saved on floppy diskettes. Cases can be retrieved by patient name, surgical number, hospital unit number and SNOMED codes within 0.1 second. Daily work lists and listings of incomplete cases are easily obtained. This FoxBASE system has been in use for 1 year and 6 months and resulted in increased efficiency of retrieval and gathering of basic information for specific study, cost effectiveness, markedly diminished workload of typist and very short wasting time during complete restoration of data file for hard disk failure.

Computerization of 100,000 cases of Surgical Pathology Data at SNUH by Automatic Coding System using Personal Computer.: Woo Ho Kim, Ghee Young Choe, Jeong Wook Seo, Yong Il Kim; Korean J Pathol. 1990;24(4):509-512.

Abstract PDF: A computer program using automatic coding of the diagnosis has been used for report printing as well as data storage and retrieval system at the Department of Pathology, Seoul National University Hospital. Previous surgical pathology files were also computerized by the automatic coding system using personal computer, and 100,000 cases of surgical pathology data during 7 years were computerized at present. The cpmputerized surgical files were counted and listed according to topograph and morphologic diagnosis. It is available to print out the list of a specific diagnosis or to copy the records to a floppy diskette. Collection of cases in surgical pathology files using cpmputerized automatic coding system becomes much convenient and accurate than using stored file cards or log books. In addition, previous biopsy records of the patient are automatically searched during the routine work so that understanding of a patient as a whole is possible through the informations about previous pathologic diagnosis. We confirm that automatic coding methods is the most practical and economic method for computerization of the surgical pathology records.

Pathologic Diagnoses Management System "Pathology Slide Bank" Using IBM-PC Microcomputer.: Yong Koo Park, Moon Ho Yang, Won Tae Lee, Joo Young Park; Korean J Pathol. 1988;22(3):285-288.

Abstract PDF: A simple and convenient management system in coding and storage of the pathologic diagnoses was developed by generating the dBASE III with IBM-PC microcomputer. The program named "Pathology Slide Bank" can store about 3,600 data according to the SNOP coding in a standard 51/4 inch floppy disk and retrieve the data within two minutes.

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