The Computer and the Clinical Decision Process
MERVIN ROSENBERG M.D.1,
BERNARD C. GLUECK JR. M.D.2, , and
CHARLES F. STROEBEL PH.D.3
1 Research Psychiatrist, Institute of Living, Hartford, Conn. 06103
2 Director of Research, Institute of Living, Hartford, Conn. 06103
3 Institute of Living, Hartford, Conn. 06103, Director of the Experimental Psychophysiology Laboratories
Short-term results with the use of automated nursing notes at the Institute of Living indicate that there are significant gains in the day-to-day care of patients. Longterm benefits can be anticipated from the comparison and evaluation of data over time so that better observational techniques can be developed, more plausible inferences made, and treatment hypotheses refined.
