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...

Computer compatible records in general practice.

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...

Using patient records from general practice for research.

Livingston New Town--using a computer for general practice records.