Computers in Private Practice Management

✍ Scribed by Byron B. Oberst MD, FAAP, John M. Long EdD (auth.)

Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York
Year: 1987
Tongue: English
Leaves: 235
Edition: 1
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

Designed to assist the physician in the application of computers in private medical practice, this comprehensive guide outlines where, why, and how this valuable tool can best be used. Integrating the mechanisms of computerization with the implications for health care, the authors draw on personal research and experience to describe models used effectively in the medical setting. Chapters cover administrative procedures, applications for marketing and quality assurance, and the link to an office-hospital application. Aslo included is information on software, hardware, database management, expert systems, artificial intelligence, and indications of future trends. This work will serve as an essential reference in meeting the ever-increasing medical information needs of the private practitioner.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Major Application Areas: Computer Goodies....Pages 3-11
The Technology Behind the Applications Packages....Pages 13-23
Communications: The Telephone Connection....Pages 25-35
Validation, Regulation, and Standardization of Computer-Based Medical Products and Services....Pages 37-46
Front Matter....Pages 47-47
Administrative Management: Where Decisions Are Made....Pages 49-57
Accounting Management: This Area Makes the Wheels Go Around....Pages 59-76
Time Management: “Time”—A Forgotten Resource....Pages 77-85
Marketing Management: The New Buzzword in Medicine....Pages 87-93
Patient Care Management: What Medicine Is All About....Pages 95-107
Physician Management: Quality Management of All Types....Pages 109-119
Hospital Management: Efficient Use of Resources....Pages 121-125
Medical Information Management: Coping with the Volumes....Pages 127-132
Need Analysis: What Is It? Why? How?....Pages 133-156
Front Matter....Pages 157-157
Medical Information Networks: How to Access and Find Data....Pages 159-166
Electronic Mail: A New Way to Exchange Information....Pages 167-171
Expert Decision Support: Artificial Intelligence....Pages 173-181
Continuing Medical Education and Computers....Pages 183-190
Front Matter....Pages 191-191
Creation of a Personalized Medical Textbook: Specialized Software....Pages 193-209
The Automated Medical Records System....Pages 211-215
Future Trends: What is in the Crystal Ball?....Pages 217-229
Back Matter....Pages 231-240

✦ Subjects

Health Informatics; General Practice / Family Medicine

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