Document Automation About 10 minutes

About Me Notes – page 7 Early years to early adulthood – India; British influence Education – engineering, math, science What I like – nature, people, ideas and possibilities Work – teaching, research consulting, 1970 – 1885; try to keep information and skills current Work – Indian restaurant, 1989 Work – SV, Do I like it? Love, hate. It’s made me a ‘new’ person; it’s a great opportunity to learn about human beings and human nature – intuitively, and formally if one so chooses. Why? Allows me to follow my real interest.  Relevance of SV work: experience of the system Computer  Contrary to popular belief I don’t love computers but computer apps are great tools that have made my life simpler  Experience. Long ago – scientific apps. Recent. Web-design, programming in visual basic; document design; some spreadsheet; some database design but not an expert

Relevant Background Notes – page 7 Education. Engineering, math, science, scientific computation Recent computer experience. Web-design. Visual Basic programming. Document design Exposure. Spreadsheets. Database design Sempervirens. Documentation

Summary of background Skills Not an expert in database design

Document Systems The next two slides emphasize the need for deliberate and comprehensive planning

Using document systems A variety of concerns Notes – page 2 Data entry and import Viewing Printing Security

Database design Notes – page 3 Start with global picture of needs Early commitment to detail is expensive Choice of applications - Microsoft Access (database) - Microsoft Visual Basic (interface, security)

Treatment Planning Notes – page 4 Stand alone (paper still needed) Format identical to paper version (may need to change this) Medical necessity (drop down lists) Efficiency (repeated data entry eliminated) Use as tutorial ‘Self-maintaining’

Toy Database Application Notes – page 5 I’m still working on this… it is still ‘sketchy’ It shows the possibilities of MS Access for ‘intelligent’ automation

Possibilities Notes – page 6 Treatment planning Technical needs to implement minor Document system Design, experiment, development Software, reference and physical