Computer Applications to Private Office Practice

✍ Scribed by John M. Long (auth.), Byron B. Oberst M.D., F.A.A.P., Robert A. Reid M.D., F.A.C.P. (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York
• Year: 1984
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 156
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This publication is sponsored by the American Association for Medical Systems and Informatics. The Board of AAMSI and the Board of the Society for Computer Medicine, one of AAMSI's predecessors, agreed that a book on application of medical systems and informatics for the practitioner would help promote high quality health care and they charged the Committee on Standards of the Society for Computer Medicine to write such a text. It is intended as a guide for the field of medical systems and informatics with emphasis on standards, terminology, and coding systems. The text, a result of three years of research and effort, has been reviewed by the Board of Directors of AAMSI and approved by the Publications Committee. We believe that you will find it valuable and hope to revise it from time to time to meet current needs. On behalf of the members of the Association, we congratulate the authors and thank them for their efforts. WILLIAM A. BAUMAN, M.D. President American Association for Medical Systems and Informatics Preface This book has been written by the members of the Committee on Standards of the Society for Computer Medicine. We have drawn upon the Society's expertise to prepare an easy-to-read and understandable How-to­ Do-It text for use by those physicians who are considering computerization of their office in one manner or another.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Beyond Billing: Some Things You Should Know Before You Begin....Pages 3-10
What Sort of Data Should Be Collected and Why?....Pages 11-15
The Accounting Module....Pages 17-32
Front Matter....Pages 33-33
The Administration Module....Pages 35-40
Front Matter....Pages 41-41
How Computers Can Help in Patient Care and Practice (Health Care Delivery)....Pages 43-47
How Physician Professional Education and Development Can Be Enhanced by Computers....Pages 49-51
The Medical Record Summary, Contents, and Utilization....Pages 53-53
History-Gathering Techniques via the Computer....Pages 69-72
Supervising and Keeping Track of Patient Care....Pages 73-79
Quality Assessment and Quality Control of Patient Care....Pages 81-91
Patient/Parent/Family Educational Assists....Pages 93-96
Front Matter....Pages 97-97
Planning for Automation: The Total Office Practice System....Pages 99-104
Be Prepared to Give, Not Receive, the Sales Pitch....Pages 105-113
Problems with System Implementation....Pages 115-119
Office Computing and the Right to Privacy....Pages 121-126
Summary....Pages 127-128
Back Matter....Pages 129-159

✦ Subjects

General Practice / Family Medicine; Health Informatics; Computer Appl. in Life Sciences