November Educational Meeting--Show and Tell
Speech Recognition and Imaging
25th November, 7:30 pm, FMP Conference Room
14 Cribb St, MILTON
Dr. Peter Adkins, Pres.
c/- RACGP FMP
14 Cribb St, Milton QLD 4064
Ph work (07) 369 6833
Fax (07) 368 2615
Dr. John Bennett, V. P.
22 Glen Rd, Toowong QLD 4066
Ph work (07) 870 3391/2175
Ph home (07) 870 3391
Dr. Ian Cheong, Secretary
228 Station Rd, Sunnybank QLD 4109
Ph work (07) 209 2737
Ph home (07) 344 2371
Mr. Roger Hewitt, Treas.
c/- Sullivan & Nicolaides
134 Whitmore St, Taringa QLD 4068
Ph work (07) 377 8651
Ph home (07) 374 1749
Fax (07) 371 9277
Mr. Lynn Zelmer, Editor
c/- Dept of Maths & Comp.
University of Central Qld
Rockhampton QLD 4702
Ph work (079) 309 552
Fax (079) 309 729
Mr. Mark Palmer
PO Box 1211, Milton QLD 4064
Ph work (07) 840 4574
Ms Eva-Marie Seeto
c/- Wesley Hospital
40 Chaseley St, Auchenflower QLD 4066
Ph work (07) 377 7500
Ph home (07) 371 1888
Dr. Peter Whan
c/- Redcliffe Hospital
Redcliffe QLD 4020
Ph work (07) 883 0883
Ph home (07) 350 4879
Fax (07) 883 1925
Ms Geraldine Fitzpatrick
c/- Computing Science
University of Central Qld
St.Lucia QLD 4072
Ph work (07) 365 2763
Ph home (07) 871 0597
Fax (07) 365 1999
The November meeting will feature a number of demonstrations of hardware and software for speech recognition and imaging. The format will be small group rotations through several stations demonstrating different packages, including:
Ms Pam Nott, HSM Consultants demonstrating Dragon Dictate 30K, a speech recognition package, and
AMFAC/Medrecord demonstrating an imaging system.
Executive Meeting Minutes: Minutes of the AHIA(QLD) Executive Meetings are not circulated to members because of the costs involved, however, copies are available from the Secretary upon request.
RACGP Interim Code of Practice: AHIA(QLD) did make a response to the recent request for comments on the RACGP Interim Code of Practice. A heartfelt thank you to Peter and Ian for their work on our behalf.
HIC'94: The 1994 national Health Informatics Conference will be held at the Gold Coast from 30 July to 2 August. Peter Whan has agreed to serve on the organising committee; John Bennett and Lynn Zelmer have agreed serve on the program committee.
HIC'93's success was due, in large part, to the efforts of individuals and groups working towards a common goal. AHIA(QLD) thanks everyone involved and encourages every member to support HIC'94.
Computer Basics for Health Practitioners 1993: The AHIA(QLD) 1993 Yearbook has been selling well both in Queensland and interstate. AHIA(QLD) members may obtain copies for $15 postpaid; the cost to others is $20 postpaid. Order from AHIA(QLD) c/- FMP, PO Box 1144, Milton Centre, QLD 4064.
CAS--A Radiotherapy Computer System: 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 system started in 1981-82 on a PDP11 and has since migrated to a MicroVax and then to a Unix-based 486 PC. 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.
General Practice Software: Dr Bruce Hand and programmer Greg Cecil demonstrated their locally-developed DOS-based general practice software package for patient records, prescription writing, and electronic delivery of pathology results.
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.
