Buying Equipment and Programs for Home or Office

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Selecting Your First Computer: A Contrary Theory....Pages 1-3
Everything You Wanted to Know About Printers....Pages 4-11
Judging Office Practice Systems: Assessing Data Entry Methods....Pages 13-16
Judging Office Practice Systems II : Factors that Effect System Performance....Pages 17-21
Judging Office Practice Systems III: Reports and Retrievals....Pages 23-27
Personal Computers: a Medical Scientist’s Review....Pages 29-35
Error Control in Medical Data....Pages 36-42
Judging Visual Displays of Medical Information....Pages 43-55
Choosing Office Practice Systems for Billing, Accounting, and Medical Record Functions....Pages 56-62
Twelve Rules for Effective Office Computerization....Pages 63-66
Advantages of Computerized Billing and Accounts Receivable....Pages 67-70
Appointment Scheduling by Computer....Pages 71-80
Software Review: Medical Manager, an Office Management System....Pages 81-85
Compudyne: A Timesharing Office Management System....Pages 87-91
Medaccount: A Medical Accounting Package....Pages 92-97
Software Review: the Specialist, a Billing System....Pages 98-103
Doctor’s Office Manager: An IBM Billing Package....Pages 104-111
Univair System 9000: An Office Billing System....Pages 112-115
Sizing Your Office Computer....Pages 116-118
A Critique of Three Office Practice Systems....Pages 119-127
Three Surveillance and Query Languages for Medical Care....Pages 129-137
A History of Computerized Medical Interviews....Pages 138-145
Computers and Medical Practice: Old Dreams and Current Realities....Pages 147-151
Computers in the Examining Room, the Delivery Room, and the Nursery....Pages 153-159
An Introduction to Computer-Assisted medical Decision Making I....Pages 160-166
Orthopedic Computing: Bone and Joint Computer Connection....Pages 167-176
Computers in Psychiatry....Pages 177-184
Using Computers to Care for Patients with Renal Disorders....Pages 185-192
An Introduction to Computer-Assisted Medical Decision Making II....Pages 193-198
Review of Microcomputer Nutrient Analysis and Menu Planning Programs....Pages 199-207
Back Matter....Pages 209-216