title: Data base management systems. How they work in dermatology.
abstract: The organization of data and the services available from a computerized data base management system are discussed in this article. A primitive medical office management system is built to illustrate how one such system (dBASE III) could be used. The case study shows not only the immediate applications, but also how the system allows new features and functions to be added.
mesh_terms: D003197:Computer Literacy; D003201:Computers; D003628:Database Management Systems; D003880:Dermatology; D012984:Software; D012985:Software Design