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Distributed processing techniques

Interface design for interactive information sharing

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The Information Systems Division of the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics has successfully designed and implemented a set of generalized interface data-handling routines that control message traffic between a satellite minicomputer in a clinical laboratory and a large main-frame computer. A special queue status inquiry transaction has also been developed that displays the current message-processing backlog and other system performance information. The design and operation of these programs are discussed in detail, with special emphasis on the message-queuing and verification techniques required in a distributed processing environment.

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  1. Wycoff, D. A., and Wagner, J. R., Distributed laboratory computing. Integration of a laboratory computer into a hospital information system.Am. J. Clin. Pathol. 70:390–399, 1978.

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  1. Information Systems Division, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa

    James R. Wagner M.S., Stephen D. Krumbholz, Laurie K. Silber & Anthony J. Aniello

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  1. James R. Wagner M.S.
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Wagner, J.R., Krumbholz, S.D., Silber, L.K. et al. Distributed processing techniques. J Med Syst 2, 327–337 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02221898

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