[Use of a computerized problem-oriented record in special ambulatory periodontal treatment]

Starting from the development trends of the modern out-patient treatment it is required to clearly out-line the objective functions of special out-patient care in the periodontology. Of course, the represented function call for more comprehensive data acquisition in regard of the individual patient. As a model we have worked out a computer-aided problem-oriented record for periodontal care which, in a ring hybrid study, is now being tested by 14 different public health institutions of the GDR. Our problem-oriented record comprises the following parts: a) Patient-machine communication for anamnesis b) Computer-oriented medical record c) Automated synoptic presentation of problem epicrisis d) Centralized data-pool.