Computer Applications to Private Office Practice

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.

I Introduction to Accounting Systems.- 1 Beyond Billing: Some Things You Should Know Before You Begin.- 2 What Sort of Data Should Be Collected and Why?.- 3 The Accounting Module.- II Introduction to Administrative Systems.- 4 The Administration Module.- III Introduction to Health Care Delivery Systems.- 5 How Computers Can Help in Patient Care and Practice (Health Care Delivery).- 6 How Physician Professional Education and Development Can Be Enhanced by Computers.- 7 The Medical Record Summary, Contents, and Utilization.- 8 History Gathering Techniques Via the Computer.- 9 Supervising and Keeping Track of Patient Care.- 10 Quality Assessment and Quality Control of Patient Care.- 11 Patient/Parent/Family Educational Assists.- IV Introduction to Planning, Vendors, and Implementation.- 12 Planning for Automation: The Total Office Practice System.- 13 Be Prepared to Give, Not Receive, the Sales Pitch.- 14 Problems with System Implementation.- 15 Office Computing and the Right to Privacy.- 16 Summary.- Appendices.