HIC'93's success was due, in large part, to the efforts of individuals and groups working towards a common goal. Yearbook has been selling well both in Queensland and interstate. Ms Jennifer Bongers, Data Manager, and Dr Greg Pedrazzini, Senior Physicist, both from the Wesley Hospital in Brisbane, described their locally-developed software for maintaining patient records and treatment schedules. The extensible network model database maintains full patient details for approximately 6000 individuals and provides good response time and ease of use. A parallel paper record is maintained but is seldom required as the system is very reliable.
Doctors using the system have terminals in their offices and enter their own data.
The system has also been installed in several other locations in Australia. Since paper copies of pathology results are stored in a single daily log file doctors use the computer system to save time and the hassle of searching for individual records. The 14000 patient system also provides individually customiseable macros for faster data entry.