Modern software makes local links possible.
I arranged to receive the file on a floppy disk, just as it would otherwise be sent to the printer. The interface has the usual collection of menus, including print and copy to clipboard, and a short-cut buttonbar. On arrival in the practice, each disk is read into the database, and the information is then available at any PC on the network. Reports for one doctor generally occupy about one screen and printing them out is therefore unnecessary. The hospital files contain patients' hospital numbers, and the program steals these and saves them in a database table I added for the purpose and which our word-processor accesses and then automatically inserts in subsequent referral letters, saving the secretary a few moments and avoiding errors.