Complete this note-taking frame for each text you read

	B	C	D
Users   Use   Program types   Data input   Output

A. The system consists of 5 networked PCs, one in each of the consulting rooms, one in the Practice Manager's office and the other in Reception alongside the file server. (Each PC has its own laser printer.) There is also a dot-matrix printer in Reception for prescriptions as these are printed on special paper. All users have access to Microsoft Office.

B. Doctors use the system to access a number of databases. The most important holds the records of all the patients in the practice. These files contain personal details and the medical history of the patient. The doctor can call up the appointments book prior to the consultation. By clicking on the patient's name, they have immediate access to that patient's records. At the end of each consultation, the doctor enters brief case notes including the diagnosis and treatment. This database can also be used to produce statistics for research and reports.

Doctors can also access a drugs database on CD-ROM which provides prescribing information on thousands of drugs including their suitability categories of patients. This is updated every month. Another database is a conditions dictionary which provides information on a wide range of problems.

C. Reception Staff use specially tailored software developed from a database to enter all appointment dates and times for each doctor. The program generates daily lists of appointments and can be accessed by the doctors. Reception use the patient database to identify children and old people who are due to have vaccinations. They then use mailmerging to create letters asking for appointments to be made.

D. The Practice Manager uses a payroll package based on a spreadsheet to calculate salaries for each employee of the health centre. She enters all income and expenditure to produce practice accounts. She uses a database to produce a monthly rota* of which doctors are on call in evenings and at weekends. This rota is available over the network to all users.

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* rota means rotation

13. Answer the following questions:

1. How does Reception use the system?

2. What type of program do they use?

3. What kind of data do they enter?

4. What is the output from the program?

14. Give Russian equivalents to the following words and phrases:

5 networked PCs, consulting rooms, prescriptions, access a number of databases, hold the records, contain personal details, appointments book, prior to the consultation, patient's records, case notes, diagnosis, treatment, drugs database, suitability categories, updated every month, conditions dictionary, Reception Staff, appointment dates and times, due to have vaccinations, they use mailmerging, asking for appointments to be made, payroll package, spreadsheet, monthly rota, which doctors are on call.

15. Give English equivalents to the following words and phrases:

Комната врачебного осмотра, регистратура, рецепт, иметь доступ, все пациенты этой клиники, медицинская карточка пациента, до консультации, заметки, записи, включая диагноз и лечение, статистика для исследований и отчетов, информация о тысячах лекарственных средств, предоставляет информацию, широкое разнообразие заболеваний, создать письмо, попросить записаться на прием, рассчитать зарплату сотрудникам, доходы и расходы, какие доктора дежурят, доступны по сети.

16. Arrange the words in pairs of synonyms:

1. commonly 2. keep 3. change 4. picture 5. suite 6. dot 7. developer 8. advanced 9. lease 10. enterprise 11. broadband 12. application 13. manufacture 14. swap 15. install 16. via

a) edit b) company c) package d) produce e) high bandwidth f) programmer g) rent h) set up i) store j) through k) program l) exchange m) image n) usually o) high-end p) point

17. Arrange the words in pairs of antonyms:

1. input 2. different 3. useful 4. buy 5. usual 6. patient 7. ordinary 8. income 9. advantage 10. cable 11. high 12. quickly 13. cheap 14. office 15. simple

a) doctor b) complex c) expenditure d) special e) output f) disadvantage g) low h) slowly i) the same j) unusual k) wireless l) expensive m) sell n) useless o) home