Export data to anothe PDF form

Hello all,
I have a research company that needs to keep track of all patients we see by entering their initials, date of visit, date of birth and some other simple data in a cumulative log (a PDF form). When the patient comes to our site we gather this information in a PDF form that will become their record. Is there a way to create a button that exports some of the information from each specific patient's record to the cumulative log?
Thanks for you help
Regards
Gustavo Canelon

Yes it is posible
You can submit the Acrobat form data to a database.
You can also look at that database with a pdf form.
But it is easier to look at the database with MS Access or a HTML form.
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