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Computers and Healthcare

Computers have become an important part


in hospitals, labs, and dispensaries. They are
being used in hospitals to keep the record of
patients and medicines. It is also used in
scanning and diagnosing different diseases.
ECG, EEG, ultrasounds and CT scans, etc.
are also done by computerized machines.

Following are some major fields of health


care in which computers are used:

 Diagnostic System - Computers are used to collect data and identify the cause of illness.

 Lab-diagnostic System - All tests can be done and the reports are prepared by computer.
 Patient Monitoring System – These are used to check the patient's signs for abnormality
such as in Cardiac Arrest, ECG, etc. Telemedicine is a complex of modern medical
diagnostic methods that provide remote management of medical information.

1Monitoring system inside Hospital 2 Monitoring system Outside Hospital

 Pharm Information System - Computer is used to check drug labels, expiry dates,
harmful side effects, etc.

 Surgery - Nowadays, computers are also used in performing surgery.


Medicine Database's:

PubMed is a free search engine accessing primarily the MEDLINE database of references and abstracts on life
sciences and biomedical topics.

Release date: January 1996


Research center: United States National Library of Medicine (NLM)
Patient Management Software
Patient management software (PMS) is referred to as software that is regulated as a medical device. It is software
that is used to acquire medical information from a medical device to be used in the treatment or diagnosis of a patient.
It can also be software that is an adjunct to a medical device and directly contributes to the treatment of the patient by
performing analysis, or providing treatment or diagnosis functionality that replaces the decision and judgment of a
physician

ClinicGate is a Medical Billing Software, Medical Office Software and Medical Practice Management Software
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1) To download Clinic Gate write (Clinic Gate free download window) on any search engine
2) After Installing Program DC on Icon on desktop then Window of Clinic Gate Opened as shown
below:

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