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Patients’ note and Prescriptions
Modern hospitals used word processing packages to produce letter, memos, reports, lit and other text documents.
If a letter has to be sent to many recipients, a hospital could use a word processor, (for example, MS Word) and import data from database. This personal data can be inserted into blanks in each letter. This is known as mail merge. Many hospitals might just send emails to patients.
Word processing software allows hospital staff to produce text for uses such as letters and reports. It allows simple entry, editing of text and correction of errors (using spell check feature).
Standard prescription formats could be designed and saved as a template for later use.
