Cláudio G. Alves da Costa, PhD, R. P. Quaresma, and R. M. E. Sabbatini, PhD
State University of Campinas, Campinas/SP, Brazil
The development of a Computer-Based Patient Record system (CPR) should be ruled by the use of methods created
by Software Engineering (SE), which allows a better organization for the development and testing process, as well
as an improved quality of the end product. This paper briefly describes the subject of SE, its methods, tools and
paradigms, emphasizing its use in the development of CPR. We discuss process management, metrics, estimates and
viability studies, analysis, project, coding, tests and maintenance, and explain the main methods to be used, including
C.A.S.E. tools. Finally, comments are made concerning the assurance of software quality. The aim of this paper
is to attract the attention of the community which develops solutions in the healthcare area to the importance
of SE in the development of CPRs.
Keywords: Processes Modeling, Systems developers, Health systems, Technical feasibility
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AMIA Fall Meeting, Washington, DC, Nov. 2000.
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