The increasing power and low price of the personal computer opens up many new possibilities for the management, storage, and retrieval of information in the convenience of your office. In addition to maintaining patient, accounting, and other vital records, the personal computer also gives the physician direct access to data and bibliographic sources formerly available only at large medical libraries. Furthermore, a number of other new online computer-based information services are also available. These information systems contain large databanks from which the physician makes requests. Unlike books and other printed publications that can become quickly outdated, central information banks are maintained to assure the most current data and research information.
