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M Cushing

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Spreadsheets.

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The Clintrac medical data system.

Basically, this is a clinical data entry program. Billing is added for convenience. It would be fine for a practitioner working in an institution with an existing billing department. You could certainly use it in a private office as an all-purpose workhorse, but you'd need to apply the criteria I listed in a recent article in this jouranl [1] to rate the accounts receivable section when it's complete. Dr. Bryner says he has done this and finds my criteria met by this package. The program shows much hard work and a good deal of promise. It strikes at the core of one of today's greatest frustrations. What's more, Dr. Bryner is dedicated to improving it as he goes along. The system is sold by Clintrac, Inc., 814 Main St., Yreka, CA 96097. The company is an IBM Business Partner. The current price is $14,000. It is only sold directly by the vendor, who has four employees and has sold four systems as of January 22, 1991. Extra costs are assessed for additional users ($1,500 each), specialty modules ($2,000 each), and support (12% of price per year). Updates are included in the support price. IBM is arranging to lease the system. The current version number is 2.0B.

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Humabase+.

This program would be ideal for a physician practicing in a large group that maintains its own database for billing and is not planning to implement computerized records in the near future. If you have the time or the staff to enter the data, your records should be improved by this program. In addition, the search function will allow you to send warnings to patients who are taking a dangerous combination of drugs or whose current medication has been found to have a previously unknown side effect. If you are practicing alone or in a small group and either have a billing program or are considering one, the choice is more difficult. You must decide whether it is worth the effort to build a database that could be superseded if, for example, the billing program you chose had a superior clinical records capability. Many good billing programs already have this feature. The data in Humabase+ can easily be exported in a usable format, but there is no guarantee that the billing program could import these data. I would ask a potential dealer about this. If you already have a billing program without a clinical records capability, find out if the demographic data can be exported in a standard format. If so, they can be assimilated into Humabase+, and you can use both programs. On the basis of the above evaluation and warnings, you should take a good look at Humabase+. It is well done, and it fills a definite need. What's more, this is only Version 1. The author has expressed interest in maintaining the software through future revisions.

Ambulatory Care Information Systems↗
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Should you buy an office computer?

Computers are not for everybody. I firmly believe that under the right circumstances they can be a joy to use and a boon to your practice. But you need the right personality, a supportive staff, a crackerjack dealer, and superior software and hardware to make it work. In my opinion, the prize is worth the quest.

Attitude to Computers↗
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Patient advice--adult.

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