Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 6, 1966, Winnipeg, Manitoba Free press wednesday july 6, Ion Wjk act Oria Montreal car a com Puter con round system that will reduce administrative work and allow professional Hospital personnel More time to care for patients was outlined at the Ca Nadian n u r s e s association meeting tuesday. The automated information system is the joint project of Winnipeg s Victoria general hos Pital and the University of Mani Toba and is financed by a fed eral Grant. Research began in january. The system still in the plan Ning stages is expected to go into operation when the Vic Toria general Hospital moves into a new building in about two years mrs. J. K. Maclaughlin told the nurses Here for the july 4-8 meeting. The Winnipeg woman is a re search analyst with the Hospital the Hospital will use the com Puter at the University of Mani Toba Aud will share it with other groups although it will have priority. It would be impractical for to consider purchasing this Cind of mrs. Mac Laughlin said. Quick work it has been estimated it will Only take approximately two hours of computer time per hours to transact All of the bos Pital s business. We expect to be connected to the computer by Telephone Cable. The information would be processed immediately and relayed Back to the Hospital within seconds of a she explained that up to 25-50 per cent of time used to administer medications for in a stance could be saved by this the computer would Check the dosage ordered make sure there were no incompatibilities with other medications received by the patient bring the inventory up to Date for the pharma Cist and so 6u. The pharmacist would not have to decipher handwriting As he would receive the printed i communication the physician ordered directly into the sys Tern. Mrs. Maclaughlin said the be Gal implications of this and i other procedures Are not yet j Clear Iron out problems is it going to be possible for the doctor to input his own or Der or will the original have to his handwriting we Don t know the answer to All of these j questions at but she said the attorney Gen j eral s office in Manitoba has asked them to go ahead with the project and to come to them proposals. They have indicated that a revision of some of the present May be necessary to Cope with the automated sys tera " project directors were trying to keep the system flexible so it could be adapted to other hospitals. She said the new mechanical will not mean that nurses have to understand the equipment any More than you now have to understand your television set to operate but that it will change the role of the nurse and other personnel. We see the possibility of nursing becoming More Clini Cally orientated and less Mana serially orientated As the com Puter will take Over Many managerial activities. The nursing department and other Hospital departments must be prepared for this and we have been having orientation programs with Hospital person Nel so they can begin to think now automation will affect hospitals told not to Wail for computer Montreal do not have to wait for the installation of computer systems to make Many of the changes needed in Hospital administration g. B. Rosenfeld of Ottawa told delegates to the Canadian n u r s e s association meeting Here tuesday. Computer people Tell us that we Are 10 to 12 years away from computer systems for most hos or Rosenfeld said. You dont have to wait for the Miracle of the computer to solve some of the existing prob or. Rosenfeld is senior consultant for Hospital adm Nistra with the health insurance and resources Branch use de apartment of National health and a welfare. As a profession has undergone a change in education i unless the Hospital system is adapted to permit this newer approach nurses will be frus a rated and the patient will he said there could be better use of the forms and equipment now used in hospitals so that professionals coat be freed to give More time to the patient. Reorganization was needed now because the system being prepared Lor the computer is As important As the computer it do pennies make you bet they do. And we should know. We built our business by saving pennies for generations of folks like you. For instance take our policy on multiple priced items. If an item is priced 3 for 25x, the Price for one is obviously 9x. But what happens if you want two to you pay 2 times 9x or 18x? v we sen it at 2 for 17x. That s the fair Way the Way. Yes in the food in food budgeting pennies make a difference. We watch them for you and for is Thisa Good reason for shopping Asp it s one of Many. 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