Use of Microcomputer for Self-Evaluation in Pediatric Practice
1 Départment de Pédiatrie, Hôpital du Bocage, Dijon 21034, France
2 Département d'Informatique Médicale, Hôpital du Bocage, Dijon 21034, France
To the Editor.
We have been very interested in the various uses of microcomputers in pediatric units as proposed by Schwartz and Hammer.1 Following our experience in a neonatal unit, we have found another utilization.2 Microcomputers can be used for self-evaluation of the quality of care treatment in a pediatric unit. According to the number of variables studied, a microcomputer or minicomputer could be used.
For example, using a minicomputer (Hewlett-Packard 9045 B), we store 400 variables for each newborn.




