Train planning is the process of assigning containers to certain wagons on an intermodal train. Currently, there is limited decision support used for train planning in Australia leading to costly rehandles when loading trains. Intermodal terminals are highly integrated systems that create a difficult planning environment for computerised decision support systems. We have addressed this difficul...

This review looks at a variety of different ways in which computers can be used to assist in the interpretation of radiological images and in radiological decision making. The issues involved in the design of computerised decision aids are introduced and four criteria proposed for evaluating such aids: need, practicality, veracity and relevance. These criteria are used to assess research into d...

To simplify the selection of tests for bacteriological typing methods, such as bacteriophage, bacteriocin, and biotyping, a computerised method was assessed. This uses a numerical index of discrimination (D) to facilitate the selection of an efficient typing set. The computer programs take the most discriminatory test as the initial test in the partial typing set, and then select the next test ...

Despite evidence that adverse outcomes are less frequent when asthma management is optimised, the link between the level of control, disease severity and medical resource utilisation (MRU) is poorly documented. This relationship was investigated in a group of patients suffering from persistent asthma (Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) > or = 2) in France. In 1998 a computerised family practic...

Computerised appointment system. Computerised appointment systems offer great flexibility in making and checking appointments but have to be extremely well written to be more usable than the traditional appointment book at the reception desk. One strength of the book is that it readily allows the receptionist an overview of activity in the practice, whereas computerised systems often show just ...

BACKGROUND Paper-based Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health checks have promoted a preventive approach to primary care and provided data to support research at the Inala Indigenous Health Service, south-west Brisbane, Australia. Concerns about the limitations of paper-based health checks prompted us to change to a computerised system to realise potential benefits for clinical services a...

Research has demonstrated girls to outperform boys on conventional literacy tests. The present studies concern gender differences on computerised educational tests. Seventy-one children were tested using LASS Secondary and a set of seven conventional measures. No significant gender differences were found on any of the LASS Secondary modules, although females did outperform males on a convention...