[Organizational features and uses of computers for private veterinarians (author's transl)]

A number of organizational features and uses are considered in the light of experience in human health care. Although the apparatus is becoming increasingly cheaper, the complexity and costs of software require combining knowledge and experience. For the use of computers to be successful, an early start should be made with the standardization and unification of procedures and recording of data. This is the only means of ensuring over-all solutions and an effective interchange of data in the future. Proceeding from a subsequent rendering of services, interaction is perceptible between the organization of labour and practical uses of computers. It is essential that mutual arrangements should be incorporated in the current procedures at an early state. This will ensure early acceptance of the use of computers by future users.