Big Blue Disk 41/bbd41.zip/PCMD.TXT

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^CMike Maynard

    "Didn't I have the measles in 1962?... Or maybe it was '60?... Well, I
 know I was treated for high blood pressure in... 1978?"  Every family goes
 through something similar to this.  But now, thanks to PC-M.D., most of this
 confusion can be avoided.

    PC-M.D. lets you keep track of your past illnesses, operations, allergic
 reactions, shots, and other medical information you usually can't remember.
 PC-M.D. will also keep track of visitation information, such as the doctor
 you saw, the symptoms, the doctor's diagnosis, the cost of the visit, drugs
 prescribed, and other such medication-related information.

    The program accesses two main types of files: the Doctor File and the
 Patient File.  The Doctor File is a global file, i.e., it is used by each
 patient in the database.  A different Patient File is created for each person
 in the database and holds all of that individual's medical information.


 USING THE MENUS
 ---------------

    You traverse PC-M.D. through a series of vertical and horizontal menus. The
 arrow keys let you move the highlight up, down, left, and right -- depending
 on the menu -- and the ENTER key is used to select the highlighted item. If
 you're using vertical menus and wish to highlight a specific item, you can
 press the key that corresponds to the first letter of the menu option. On
 the horizontal menus, the desired option can be highlighted and selected
 using this same method.


 THE MAIN MENU
 -------------

    The Main Menu options include: Select Patient File, Doctor Information,
 Medical History, and Visitation Information.


 SELECT PATIENT FILE
 -------------------

    The Select Patient File option lets you initially define a new patient
 file or change the current patient file once you've started using PC-M.D.
 If you try to enter Medical History or Visitation Information and don't have
 a patient file open, you will automatically be forced to select one.


 DOCTOR INFORMATION
 ------------------

    The Doctor Information option enables you to keep track of all doctors
 visited by every patient.  This data is contained in a globally-accessed file
 since some patients in the file may see some of the same doctors. Selecting
 the Doctor Information option takes you to a menu containing Add, Browse and
 Print All options.

    The Add option lets you enter information about a doctor who is being
 added to the doctor database for the first time. Doctor's information
 includes such items as the doctor's name, address, phone number, office
 hours, distance from your house to the office, and area of specialty.

    The Browse option lets you view, edit, print, and delete any record
 currently in the doctor database.  Before any information is inadvertently
 deleted, you will be prompted by an "Are you sure?" message.

    The Print All option produces a printout listing of all doctors currently
 in the database. This printout includes the name, phone number, and specialty
 of each doctor.


 MEDICAL HISTORY
 ---------------

    The Medical History option allows you to keep track of the types of
 details that are often very difficult to remember, such as types and dates
 of shots taken, illnesses, and treatments received.  When you select this
 option, you will be taken to another menu containing several different
 options, including Personal Information, Allergic Reactions, Shot Records,
 Past Illnesses, Past Operations, and Family History.

    The Personal Information option allows you to enter information
 about the patient's work, insurance, and a relative.

    The Allergic Reactions option lets you enter the date and name of any
 medicine to which you've had a reaction.

    The Shot Records option is similar to the Allergic Reactions option in
 that it keeps a record of the most recent shots the patient has had.

    The Past Illnesses and Past Operations options are also similar to the
 Allergic Reactions since they keep track of the date and description of each
 illness or operation each patient has had.  When prompted to enter the
 illness name, pressing F5 will let you choose an illness from a pre-defined
 list.  When this list appears, simply scroll up and down using the arrow
 keys, home, end, page up, and page down.  Press Enter to select the
 highlighted illness or Esc to choose nothing.

    The Family History option allows you to keep track of all the illnesses
 of each patient's relatives.

    Each of these options will take you to "Add / Browse / Print" and
 "Next / Previous / Update / Delete / Print" menus. Both of these menus are
 very similar to those found in the doctor information section and perform
 basically the same tasks.


 VISITS AND MEDICATION
 ---------------------

    The Visitation Information option allows you to keep track of each
 individual visit, as well as medications prescribed by the doctor during each
 visit.  Choosing Visitation Information takes you to another menu offering
 the Add, Browse, and Print All options.

    The Add option lets you enter information about a specific visit. This
 information might include the date of the visit and the next follow-up visit,
 the symptoms, the diagnosis, and the cost of the visit.  After pressing F2
 to add the information you entered, you are instantly taken to the Add
 Medication screen, on which you enter information about the medications
 prescribed by the doctor -- their names, costs, and allergic reactions,
 if any.  If you wish to enter any of this information at a later date,
 you may abort the entering medication information by pressing ESC.

    The Browse option lets you view, update, print, and delete visits
 currently in the patient's record.  As in deleting doctor information,
 you are prompted with an "Are you sure?" to confirm the deletion of the
 information.

    The Print All option produces a printout of all visits a patient currently
 has on record.  This printout includes the date, doctor, location of the
 visit, as well as symptoms and diagnosis of the illness.

    The Browse menu also offers the Medication option. When you select it,
 PC-M.D. takes you to another Add and Browse menu.  The Add option allows
 you to enter medication information for the current visit. (If you did not
 enter medication information at the same time you entered the visitation
 information, you would enter that information at this time.) The Browse
 option lets you view, edit, and delete all medications related to the current
 visit.


 PRINTING REPORTS
 ----------------

    Each section described above has the ability to print a report based on
 the information in the database.  Selecting PRINT from any "ADD / BROWSE /
 PRINT" menu will print every record in that specific section.  For instance,
 choosing PRINT from the "ADD / BROWSE / PRINT" menu in the DOCTOR INFORMATION
 section will print a global listing of all doctors currently in the database.
 Selecting PRINT from any "NEXT / PREVIOUS / UPDATE / DELETE / PRINT" menu
 will print a detailed listing of the record that is currently displayed on
 the screen.

    From the visitation menu, choosing print will display a menu containing:
 Detailed Report, Summarized Report, Financial Report, and Medication Report.
 Each of these options allows you to select a range of dates and therefore,
 only entries between those dates will be printed.  Detailed Report prints a
 detailed listing of all visits, including all medications prescribed. The
 Summarized Report lists the date, doctor, location, symptoms and diagnosis
 of all visits.  The Financial Report lists the date, doctor and total costs
 of all visits.  Finally, the Medication Report lists all medication
 prescribed and the doctor that prescribed them.


 GENERAL INFORMATION
 -------------------

    Being a database, PC-M.D. opens several files (up to 7 at one time).
 Because of this, you should make sure the file "CONFIG.SYS" on the root
 directory contains "FILES = 15" and "BUFFERS = 15".

    Every menu in PC-M.D. includes both an EXIT and a HELP option, available
 by pressing the Esc and F1 keys, respectively.

    When you are prompted to enter the date, you may press F4 to enter the
 system date currently logged into your PC. If you haven't set the date
 through DOS, PC-M.D. will use whatever date your computer "remembers."


DISK FILES THIS PROGRAM USES:
^FPCMD.EXE
^FPCMDLIST.HLP
^FDOC.DTA
^FDOC.NDX