Computer Aids in the Physician's Office
In 1971, Bolt Beranek and Newman (BBN) initiated a new project with government funding called "Computer Aids in the Physician's Office (CAPO). Unlike the previous BBN-MGH system Hosptial Computer Project, which was for a large teaching hospital, CAPO aimed at practicing office physician.
Components
The basic components include Appointment scheduling - Billing - Cumulative patient profiles(A-B-C). The concept included patient-history application which had online questionnaire's text and branching structure to the patients which translated to format of physicians medical summary of the answers. Of all the modules, automated patient-history taking was important and key feature.
Reception and Implementation
The original CAPO was not widely accepted as-is, as most physicians wanted some changes to the history format. So some minor changes were made and physicians' were satisfied with customizations made. Thus it was more individually customized.
It was not widely used for the cost of implementation was too high for most private physicians.
