A microcomputer system in the delivery suite

  1. MICHAEL HOULTON Consultant Senior Lecturer1,*,
  2. JOAN AUSTIN2,
  3. DAVID JENKINS3,
  4. GILLIAN M. TURNER4,
  5. DAVID G. WILKINS5

Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005

DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1984.tb04802.x

Issue

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Volume 91, Issue 6, pages 555–559, June 1984

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HOULTON, M., AUSTIN, J., JENKINS, D., TURNER, G. M. and WILKINS, D. G. (1984), A microcomputer system in the delivery suite. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 91: 555–559. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1984.tb04802.x

Author Information

  1. 1

    University of Bristol Department of Obstetrics, Bristol Maternity Hospital

  2. 2

    Director of Nursing Services-Midwifery, Bristol Maternity Hospital

  3. 3

    Head of Computer Project Unit, Bristol and Weston Health Authority Department of Medical Physics

  4. 4

    Consultant Senior Lecturer, University of Bristol Department of Obstetrics, Bristol Maternity Hospital

  5. 5

    Consultant Anaesthetist, Sir Humphry Davy Department of Anaesthesia, Bristol

* M. Houlton, Bristol Maternity Hospital, Bristol BS2 8EG.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 23 AUG 2005
  2. Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
  3. Received 4 May 1983 Accepted 11 September 1983

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Summary

Microcomputer systems have been installed in the delivery suites of two obstetric units which cater between them for nearly 10 000 deliveries annually. The midwifery and medical staff enter administrative, antenatal, anaesthetic and delivery details during labour and as soon after delivery as possible. The computer prints out the official Birth Notification, the entry for the Midwives Register and the record of labour and delivery for the patient's notes. Subsequently the postnatal doctor and anaesthetist, where relevant, enter details of puerperium and anaesthetic follow-up, before the production by the computer of discharge and anaesthetic summaries for the community and records. In the first 6 months of use at the Bristol Maternity Hospital (July to December 1982) 2229 patientswere delivered and have had obstetric details recorded on the computer. A general obstetric audit of these patients is presented.

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