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Computer epidemiology and computer systems

The SIEO Project (Hospital epidemiological computer system) within the First National Project on Drugs; studies on methodological design of the system, definition of standards, designing of hardware and software , implementation of a common language between clinicians and computer operators; studies on the use of computers by primary care physicians, in cooperation with the National Research Agency (CNR) and pharmaceutical industries; implementation and management of a national computer network of clinicians and gathering of information regarding the population served by each clinician, in a single database; the current database contains data regarding over 120.000 patients. Within the Prometeo Project, studies on prescriptive and diagnostic attitudes of GPs; implementation of MESS, a model for the Epidemiology of Health Services which, through the creation of a database and the use of a specific software, allows the competitive positioning of Local Health units as well as a description of their distribution through specific indicators.

Relevant bibliography
-Palombi L.,PanfiloM.,Laconi L.,Marazzi M.C.,Mariotti S.,MenottiA.:
Software di gestione per il medico di base e sistemi informativi nazionali: Nuove prospettive in Italia
Medicina e informatica 1,41-46,1991
-Palombi .,Buonomo E.,Marazzi M.C.,Laconi A.,Panfilo M. Mariotti S.:
A new community-oriented network in Italy for clinical and epidemiological information Journal of clinical computing 20,176-177,1992
-Mariotti S.,Buonomo E.,Grossi P.,Laconi A.,Lancia A.,Lucchetti G.,Palombi L.,Panfilo M.: Computerization of General Practitioners for purposes of epidemiologic surveiilance:setting up a new network
Proceedings of MIE 93:11° Intern. Congr. Europ. Feder.Med. Inform.18-22 -April 1993 Jerusalem
-Panfilo M. Buonomo E.,Fusiello S.,Lucchetti G.,Mariotti S.Palombi L.:
Informatizzazione del medico di base:l'avvio di una rete telematica sul territorio ai fini di sorveglianza epidemiologica Medicina e Informatica 12,Suppl. 1,1995
-Panfilo M.,Palombi L.Mariotti S.,Lucchetti G.,et al.
A national network of general practinioners for epidemiologic surveiilance and local network experimenting the health card asa communication tool between G.P.and local health structures?.
Health Cards Conference. Frankfurt 23-26 Oct.1995,pag 217-218
-Palombi L.,Buonomo E.,Mariotti S.,Panfilo M.,FusielloS. Panà A.
The activities of general medical care: a study realized on an information network of general physician
Rec. Progr. Med.86,48-52,1995
-Mariotti S.,Buonomo E;,Lucchetti G.,Palombi L. et al.
An experimental network of General Practitionersfor purposes of epidemiologic surveiilance in Italy
MEDINFO Proceedings of MEDINFO Conference Vancouver, 1995,pag; 1553-1554 -Cananzi G.: MESS-Modello informatico di epidemiologia dei servizi sanitari
Prometeo-Atlante della Sanità Italiana 1999Ed. Esis 1999-2000