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Data Storage and Retrieval System for a Nuclear Medicine Department

Veterans Administration Hospital and University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Correspondence: For reprints contact: D. B. Reinke, Nuclear Medicine Service (172), V.A. Hospital, 54th St. and 48th Ave. S., Minneapolis, Minn. 55417.

ABSTRACT

A mark sense IBM data card was designed specifically for the nuclear medicine department. The data card functions as a flow sheet with coded information added in sequence by secretary, technician, and physician. Statistical information, patient identification, quantitative results, physician interpretation, and discharge diagnosis can be easily coded and entered on the card by the appropriate individual. The completed card can be punched, filed, and retrieved by machine. Filing and retrieving can also be done by hand for flexibility. The stored data can easily be programmed and converted to computer handling and storage. The card is inexpensive to produce. Card design is extremely flexible for varying needs. If sorting and punching equipment is not available, this can be contracted for in the community at low cost.