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. 1970 Feb 28;1(5695):556-8.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.5695.556.

Computer-assisted follow-up register for the north-east of Scotland

A J Hedley, A M Scott, R D Weir, J Crooks

Computer-assisted follow-up register for the north-east of Scotland

A J Hedley et al. Br Med J. .

Abstract

An automated follow-up register for the detection of iatrogenic thyroid disease has been established as a joint venture between the general practitioners in the north-east of Scotland and the thyroid clinic of Aberdeen General Hospitals.The data-processing operations in the system are handled by an International Computers Limited 4/50 computer. Patients are followed up at predetermined intervals and the system has been designed to process, screen, and store clinical and biochemical follow-up data and report results to the patients, general practitioners, and the hospital records department.

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