Mini-Computer-based Appointment Scheduling for Ambulatory Patients)

1978 ◽  
Vol 17 (03) ◽  
pp. 167-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Ratzer ◽  
Suzanne W. Fletoher ◽  
M. Pollack ◽  
H. Fletcher
Keyword(s):  
Medical Care ◽  
Medical Information ◽  
Line System ◽  
High Quality Medical Care ◽  
Busy Clinic ◽  
On Line ◽  
Appointment System ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Ambulatory Medical Care ◽  
Patient File

A fast, reliable and flexible appointment system is essential for ambulatory medical care facilities attempting to provide high quality medical care; computerization has helped meet these objectives. To date, however, central computing facilities have been used. These have been too expensive for widespread use, and their programs have not included specific features necessary to improve the quality of patient care. To overcome these limitations, a system was designed which can be implemented on a mini-computer, and which incorporates a variety of capabilities promoting personalized medical care in a busy clinic environment. This on-line system potentially can handle up to 250,000 patient visits/ year.Three files store the necessary data base: a patient file, an appointment file, and a physican file. Simple commands and special access techniques are used. In addition to on-line appointment making, confirming and cancelling functions, the system can communicate with patients of several languages; send reminder postcards; promote continuity of care by keeping track of which patients belong to each physician; enable each physician to determine his own clinic schedule routine; and provide physicians with master lists of their patients, including address, telephone number, and summaries of important medical information.The development of automated appointment systems on mini-computers permits widespread implementation in ambulatory medical care.

scholarly journals The Role of Communication and Information Technology in the Health Care Providing Office

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (36) ◽  
pp. 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monica Monea ◽  
Anca Maria Pop ◽  
Olah Peter
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Medical Care ◽  
Health Informatics ◽  
Communication Systems ◽  
Medical Information ◽  
Medical Personnel ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Definition Of

Health informatics technology includes the information technology and electronics employed during medical care procedures and is generally known as clinical informatics. The definition of this specialty was given by the American Medical Information Association in order to describe the role of communication systems in improving the doctor-patient relationship and the quality of medical care. The aim of our investigation was to evaluate the frequency of computer based methods use by medical personnel during daily basic activities in a private dental office. An original questionnaire was sent to a target group of 200 dentists with private dental practice from Mureș County, Romania, with an age between 30-55 years with a private practice opened for at least 2 years. For statistical analysis we used SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Science, version 10.1). The evaluation of results showed that dental software is considered by the majority of respondents to have an important role in improving the quality of medical act and elimination of time consuming procedures.

A hitchhiker’s guide to microscopy and microanalysis using telecommunications, e-mail, and the Internet

1994 ◽  
Vol 52 ◽  
pp. 390-391 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nestor J. Zaluzec
Keyword(s):  
The Internet ◽  
Information Superhighway ◽  
The World ◽  
Exchange Information ◽  
On Line ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Software And Hardware ◽  
Communication Software ◽  
Basic Ideas ◽  
E Mail

The Information SuperHighway, Email, The Internet, FTP, BBS, Modems, : all buzz words which are becoming more and more routine in our daily life. Confusing terminology? Hopefully it won't be in a few minutes, all you need is to have a handle on a few basic concepts and terms and you will be on-line with the rest of the "telecommunication experts". These terms all refer to some type or aspect of tools associated with a range of computer-based communication software and hardware. They are in fact far less complex than the instruments we use on a day to day basis as microscopist's and microanalyst's. The key is for each of us to know what each is and how to make use of the wealth of information which they can make available to us for the asking. Basically all of these items relate to mechanisms and protocols by which we as scientists can easily exchange information rapidly and efficiently to colleagues in the office down the hall, or half-way around the world using computers and various communications media. The purpose of this tutorial/paper is to outline and demonstrate the basic ideas of some of the major information systems available to all of us today. For the sake of simplicity we will break this presentation down into two distinct (but as we shall see later connected) areas: telecommunications over conventional phone lines, and telecommunications by computer networks. Live tutorial/demonstrations of both procedures will be presented in the Computer Workshop/Software Exchange during the course of the meeting.

scholarly journals Comparison of disclosure/concealment of medical information given to conversational agents or to physicians

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 146045822199486
Author(s):  
Nicholas RJ Frick ◽  
Felix Brünker ◽  
Björn Ross ◽  
Stefan Stieglitz
Keyword(s):  
Natural Language ◽  
Medical Information ◽  
Frame Of Reference ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Conversational Agents ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Computer Based

Within the anamnesis, medical information is frequently withheld, incomplete, or incorrect, potentially causing negative consequences for the patient. The use of conversational agents (CAs), computer-based systems using natural language to interact with humans, may mitigate this problem. The present research examines whether CAs differ from physicians in their ability to elicit truthful disclosure and discourage concealment of medical information. We conducted an online questionnaire with German participants ( N = 148) to assess their willingness to reveal medical information. The results indicate that patients would rather disclose medical information to a physician than to a CA; there was no difference in the tendency to conceal information. This research offers a frame of reference for future research on applying CAs during the anamnesis to support physicians. From a practical view, physicians might gain better understanding of how the use of CAs can facilitate the anamnesis.

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