Did you know?

Nearly 100,000 Americans die each year due to diagnostic errors, according to the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality- REDMOND,Washington, Jan.21 2004.

          To avoid these diagnostic errors, a simple computer diagnostic program, titled COMPUTER CLINIC, that can be used by any lay person, has been devised. The COMPUTER CLINIC medical diagnostic program assists the layman/woman in diagnosing the disease that he/she may be suffering from. If the symptoms of some serious underlying disease are present the COMPUTER CLINIC medical diagnostic program will at once correctly diagnose the disease and warn the user who can then decide to visit his doctor to confirm and treat him/her.

          The COMPUTER CLINIC medical diagnostic program merely diagnoses the disease but does not prescribe any medicine. It is not necessary that the COMPUTER CLINIC medical diagnostic program will always give a correct diagnosis because it arrives at a conclusion based on the then prevalent symptoms. It may so happen that when the COMPUTER CLINIC medical diagnostic program is consulted the symptoms of a particular disease may not be apparent at that early stage. It is, therefore, not infallible, and hence a doctor must be consulted in each case. But that does not mean that the COMPUTER CLINIC medical diagnostic program is useless. It serves as an early warning system that could very well mean the difference between life and death.

Operating Instructions

If the file clinic.rar has been downloaded from the site then unzip the files clinic.bas, symptoms.dat, disease dat and a folder named PC-BASIC-1.2 and save them in the same drive. Configure the clinic.bas file to open with pcbasic.exe that is contained in the PC-BASIC-1.2 folder. Create a shortcut for the clinic.bas file and copy and paste the shortcut on the desktop. On clicking the shortcut the DOS window will open When the following menu appears:

1.CREATE FILE 2.OPEN FILE 3.RUN PROGRAM 4.CHANGE SYMPTOMS/POINTER 5.CHANGE DISEASE 6.EXIT ENTER KEYS1-6 health,disease,diseases,medical

Press numeric key 2 (WARNING! Do not press numeric key 1. All existing data files supplied will be deleted!) when the following screen will be displayed:

WELCOME TO COMPUTER CLINIC PATIENTS NAME?_ MALE/FEMALE?_ CHILD/ADULT?_ health,disease,diseases,medical

When the relevant information is entered the following screen appears:

Does (Patient's Name) have fever Enter y/n?_ health,disease,diseases,medical

Turn off the caps lock if it is on. Then according to whether 'y', for yes, or 'n', for no, has been entered the computer will continue to ask questions and each time 'y', for yes, and 'n', for no, has to be entered until the computer arrives at a diagnosis which will be displayed as follows:

(Patient's Name) is suffering from_ (disease) To continue enter any number?_ health,disease,diseases,medical

You are advised to save this page or take a print-out for future reference.

The COMPUTER CLINIC medical diagnostic program can arrive at a diagnosis in less than a minute.

At present the program can diagnose nearly 80 diseases such as typhoid, cholera, dysentry, diarrhea, amoebiasis, giardiasis, gastroenteritis, malaria, filariasis, tuberculosis, pneumonia, measles, sickle cell crisis, cancer, arthritis, osteoporosis, nephritis, leprosy etc.

This program may prove to be useful where a doctor is not easily available, in remote areas, particularly to organizations or individuals engaged in health related social service.

To purchase and download the COMPUTER CLINIC Program CLICK HERE

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