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Practical personal computing for healthcare professionals / David Sellu, foreword by Robin Willimson.

By: Sellu, David.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Oxford ; Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann, 1994Description: xviii, 437 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 075061868X .Subject(s): Medicine -- Data processing | MicrocomputersDDC classification: 610.285
Contents:
Part I The principles of computing: Development of the personal computer -- Introduction to computers: general concepts -- Microcomputer hardware -- The operating system -- Software -- Part II The practice of healthcare computing: How to choose a personal computer system for healthcare use -- Setting up and using the hardware: first steps -- Essential MS-DOS -- Word processing with wordperfect -- Database management with dBase IV -- Data management in biomedical research -- Spreadsheet programs and statistics -- Computer graphics and visual presentation -- Utility programs -- The way forward.

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Describes basic design, functions, and applications of personal computers and illustrates how the PC can be used in the health care professions. Sellu, a computer user and surgeon, uses numerous examples to explain the mysteries of choosing and setting up a system, MS-DOS commands, word processing, database management and data management in biomedical research, spreadsheets and statistics, and visual presentations. Lacks a bibliography. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I The principles of computing: Development of the personal computer -- Introduction to computers: general concepts -- Microcomputer hardware -- The operating system -- Software -- Part II The practice of healthcare computing: How to choose a personal computer system for healthcare use -- Setting up and using the hardware: first steps -- Essential MS-DOS -- Word processing with wordperfect -- Database management with dBase IV -- Data management in biomedical research -- Spreadsheet programs and statistics -- Computer graphics and visual presentation -- Utility programs -- The way forward.