A Medical Information System and Data Language for Ambulatory Practices
ComputerPublished 1 November 1979
Beaman, Justice, Barnett
Citations24
SJR quartileQ2
SJR score0.55
SNIP1.02
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The COSTAR system keeps medical records and does accounting and administrative tasks for group practices and offers clinical researchers a useful query language for manipulating medical data.
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The COSTAR system keeps medical records and does accounting and administrative tasks for group practices. It also offers clinical researchers a useful query language for manipulating medical data.
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