Computers, medical care and privacy.

Abstract

This paper describes Physician Actuated Computerized Treatment (PACT) which provides paperless Medical Office Management (MOM) (1). Software, hardware and physician are fused to produce an on-line database medical management system containing medical records, clerical functions and bookkeeping. PACT developed in the 1980's, was financed entirely by private physicians in a working clinical environment. MOM operates on a mini-computer with a minimum of 10 MB hard disk and 16K of memory. Maximum system design is a function of cost and total desired on-line storage. User friendly screens can prompt the operator in English, Spanish, French, German and Italian. Data entry is in native language.