General Practice Observed: Survey of General Practice Records

General Practice Records.

"One has reached the conclusion that the key to good general practice is the keeping of good clinical records," says Dr. Stephen Taylor in " Good General Practice." And again, " Doctors who claim that they can carry in their heads all the information needed to deal with each of their patients usually have low standards of both need and performance." On reading through the notes one receives abo...

The Keeping of Records in General Practice.

One of the earliest known instances of the keeping of sickness records in a small community was given by Keevil (1958); following on the failure of an expedition to the West Indies in 1625 the General Officer in Command of the British Fleet called for a sick list from each of the ships in the squadron. Details of the method used are not given but one can obtain an indication of the difficulty i...

Computer compatible records in general practice.

Human resource management in general practice: survey of current practice.

BACKGROUND The organization and management of general practice is changing as a result of government policies designed to expand primary health care services. One aspect of practice management which has been underresearched concerns staffing: the recruitment, retention, management and motivation of practice managers. AIM A study set out to find out who is routinely involved in making decision...

Survey of general practice audit in Leeds.

OBJECTIVE To determine general practitioners' attitudes to medical audit and to establish what initiatives are already being undertaken; to define future ideas for audit and perceived difficulties in implementing audit in primary care. DESIGN Analysis of responses to a self administered postal questionnaire. SETTING Urban conurbation with a population of about 750,000. PARTICIPANTS 386 ge...