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Computers and the general practice consultation

Computers and the general practice consultation
Computers and the general practice consultation
The introduction of desktop computing into primary healthcare over the past 30 years has been founded on the assumption that it would be accompanied by a clearly demonstrable benefit both to direct patient care, and to the development of administrative systems. While advances in primary care administration may be related to computerization, the evidence for improvements in direct patient care is more mixed. In this paper we critically discuss issues raised by the existing research literature in primary care computing, and especially note the difficulties posed by the absence of portable generic electronic patient records.
1460-4582
124-127
Ellis, N.T.
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May, C.R.
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Ellis, N.T.
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May, C.R.
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Ellis, N.T. and May, C.R. (1999) Computers and the general practice consultation. Health Informatics Journal, 5 (3), 124-127. (doi:10.1177/146045829900500303).

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The introduction of desktop computing into primary healthcare over the past 30 years has been founded on the assumption that it would be accompanied by a clearly demonstrable benefit both to direct patient care, and to the development of administrative systems. While advances in primary care administration may be related to computerization, the evidence for improvements in direct patient care is more mixed. In this paper we critically discuss issues raised by the existing research literature in primary care computing, and especially note the difficulties posed by the absence of portable generic electronic patient records.

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Published date: September 1999

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Local EPrints ID: 163407
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/163407
ISSN: 1460-4582
PURE UUID: 7aa98dc9-e566-4f15-92b9-0d9dda9f7c58
ORCID for C.R. May: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-0451-2690

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Author: N.T. Ellis
Author: C.R. May ORCID iD

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