Humabase+

Abstract

This program would be ideal for a physician practicing in a large group that maintains its own database for billing and is not planning to implement computerized records in the near future. If you have the time or the staff to enter the data, your records should be improved by this program. In addition, the search function will allow you to send warnings to patients who are taking a dangerous combination of drugs or whose current medication has been found to have a previously unknown side effect. If you are practicing alone or in a small group and either have a billing program or are considering one, the choice is more difficult. You must decide whether it is worth the effort to build a database that could be superseded if, for example, the billing program you chose had a superior clinical records capability. Many good billing programs already have this feature. The data in Humabase+ can easily be exported in a usable format, but there is no guarantee that the billing program could import these data. I would ask a potential dealer about this. If you already have a billing program without a clinical records capability, find out if the demographic data can be exported in a standard format. If so, they can be assimilated into Humabase+, and you can use both programs. On the basis of the above evaluation and warnings, you should take a good look at Humabase+. It is well done, and it fills a definite need. What's more, this is only Version 1. The author has expressed interest in maintaining the software through future revisions.