The article reports on initial efforts of a consortium of 19 dental schools to cooperate in developing clinical databases and associated hardware and software. The article lists initial members, committee members, and follow-up activities, working toward development of databases on patient history, oral status, diagnosis, treatment evaluation,…

Strategies that can be used by the dental education profession to develop instructional and information technologies to support curricular reform are proposed. Focus is on strategies that can be successful in a period of scarce institutional resources. Issues discussed include selecting initiatives, technology standards, intellectual property,…

Discusses the rationale, methodology, capabilities and problems of a local area network created for the Library Consortium of Health Institutions in Buffalo, using a multi-user microcomputer. The rationale and design of a new network, designed to better meet information and compatibility requirements, are described and suggestions to network…