Résumé
The feasibility of applying microcomputer in seven sections of a community hospital was studied. The areas were :- administration of drugs stock, drugs store control, mobile health team drugs control, out patient record, finance, epidemiological surveillance and immunization record of children. The 60 bed Kratomban Hospital, in Samuthsakorn Province was the selected site of study. The computer programmes was developed on the basis of dbase II language. The results reveal that using microcomputer decreases the steps of work in all jobs, mostly in administration of drugs stock and lastly in out patient record. The use of microcomputer also decreases working time for all jobs except out patient record. The most decreased working time is in administration of drugs stock and the least, the immunization record of children. The application of microcomputer for increasing the effectiveness of community hospital management is possible and will be more beneficial if the storage capability of microcomputer is not less than 20 mb.