Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!news.daionet.gr.jp!news.yamada.gr.jp!news.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!Q.T.Honey!diablo.efnet.com!efnet.com!HSNX.atgi.net!cyclone-sf.pbi.net!129.250.175.17!pln-w!spln!dex!extra.newsguy.com!newsp.newsguy.com!drn From: Brett Robson Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Reposting tech question from sci.lang.japan Date: 6 Aug 2004 09:01:12 -0700 Organization: Newsguy News Service [http://newsguy.com] Lines: 56 Message-ID: References: <73fde4f0.0408050528.6db1584d@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: p-597.newsdawg.com X-Newsreader: Direct Read News 4.20 Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:16100 On Fri, 06 Aug 2004 19:20:44 +0900, Michael Cash ... > >On 5 Aug 2004 19:12:25 -0700, Brett Robson brought >down from the Mount tablets inscribed: > >>On Fri, 06 Aug 2004 02:36:49 +0900, Michael Cash ... >>> >>>On 5 Aug 2004 06:44:18 -0700, Brett Robson brought >>>down from the Mount tablets inscribed: >>> >>>>On 5 Aug 2004 06:28:12 -0700, John W. ... >>>>> >>>>>What is the Japanese equivalent of the phrase "Practice Management >>>>>Software" (software used by medical practices to manage their >>>>>business, file claims, etc.). Anyone know companies that do this in >>>>>Japan? >>>>> >>>> >>>>LOL! I guess when computers make their way into medical practices they will make >>>>up a name for it. >>>>Seriously, has anyone seen a computer being used in a medical area for anything >>>>other than Solitaire? >>> >>>I did, a few weeks ago. I was impressed. >>> >> >>Strictly speaking Nintendo is a computer, but we don't normally count them as >>computers. > >I happened to have the day off on the same day that my daughter needed >to go to the doctor (turned out to be nothing than an overly-worried >mother) so I took her. > >The doctor had a computer on his desk. I can't recall exactly if he >made her chart notations on paper or on the computer. But I do >remember that her prescription was keyed into the computer. The info >went to the pharmacy to be processes. Formerly, the doctor scrawled >some ungodly chicken scratches on a memo pad and patients hand carried >them over to the pharmacy. > > The thought of a Japanese doctor's hand writing makes me dizzy (or maybe that is all the sake I drunk). . -- ---- Triangle Man hates Person Man They have a fight, Triangle wins.