23 May 2012
| by Dr Jeremy Phipps
is also undertaken via IT, the system may not communicate directly with the main patient record.
I am ...
to issue medication through the practice system or I enter the details as soon as practical if handwriting ...
taken place in the interim.
Consider your current system: are there pitfalls?
Does your ...
automatically when checks are due.
But even that isn t the whole answer because no computer system ...
much.
A single point of failure Indeed, GPs are rapidly becoming what system designers call a ...
16 May 2012
| by Dr James Heathcote
system examination.
Loss of control
All doctors lose control of their consultations ...
16 May 2012
| by Dr Jonathan Holliday
Study suggested that increases in HDL cholesterol were associated with a reduction in cardiovascular ...
of cardiovascular events, obtained through linkage with mortality records and hospital databases, was investigated ...
16 May 2012
| by Chris Lancelot
performed.
Predictably, GPs were asked to take more care - but that's not enough. The whole system needs ...
have to work with the NHS's archaic communication systems.
Routinely copying medication from ...
concept than the summary care record which disseminates what the GP has on their practice system, however ...
16 May 2012
| by Dr Pallavi Bradshaw
, but the experience of the Medical Protection Society (MPS) is that many practices do not have an effective system ...
issues such as misdiagnosis, poor outcome, near miss systems failure, human error and unexpectedly good ...
in systems or patients' care to be identified and changes implemented to improve quality, prevent repetition ...
16 May 2012
| by Miss Jane Borley and Miss Sadaf Ghaem-Maghami
with significantly greater adverse effects, including neutropenia, allergic reactions and cardiovascular problems, so ...
16 May 2012
| by Dr Anna Cumisky
immediate investigation. 1
Bilateral oedema indicates a systemic cause, whereas unilateral tends ...
16 May 2012
| by Dr Lizzie Croton
less likely to present with systemic symptoms and examination may reveal localised tenderness ...
tract and genital system. Gilmore's groin strain is a chronic groin pain syndrome found in athletes ...
11 May 2012
| by Tom Moberly
GPs have called for an overhaul of drug regulation , warning the current system puts patients ...
under the system, the NHS will be able to negotiate prices around 30% lower during this early ...
- the medicines they should have.'
Sir John said the current regulatory system was 'unbelievably slow'.
'In ...