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The roles of policy and professionalism in the protection of processed clinical data: a literature reviewSimon de Lusignan
Primary Care Informatics, Division of Community Health Sciences, Hunter Wing, St George s Hospital Medical School, London SW17 0RE, UK
Int J Med Inform 76:261-8. 2007..The relevant principles were set out in a treaty of the Council of Europe and subsequent policy has been based on these. However, little has been written about implementing policy and the role of health informaticians in this process...- Measuring the impact of different brands of computer systems on the clinical consultation: a pilot studyCharlotte Refsum
Primary Care Informatics, Division of Community Health Sciences, St George s, University of London, London, UK
Inform Prim Care 16:119-27. 2008..A new method has been developed for assessing the impact of the computer on doctor-patient interaction through detailed observation of the consultation and computer use... - General practitioners believe that hypnotherapy could be a useful treatment for irritable bowel syndrome in primary careStephen Cox
Gillets Surgery, Deanland Road, Balcome, West Sussex, RH17 6PH, UK
BMC Fam Pract 5:22. 2004..Irritable bowel syndrome is a common condition in general practice. It occurs in 10 to 20% of the population, but less than half seek medical assistance with the complaint... - A survey to identify the clinical coding and classification systems currently in use across EuropeS de Lusignan
Primary Care Informatics, General Practice and Primary Care, St George s Hospital Medical School, London, SW17 ORE, England
Stud Health Technol Inform 84:86-9. 2001..We sought to identify what systems are currently used and to what extent they were subject to local adaptation... - The feasibility of using pattern recognition software to measure the influence of computer use on the consultationSimon de Lusignan
Primary Care Informatics, Department of Community Health Sciences, Hunter Wing, St George s Hospital Medical School, London, SW17 ORE, UK
BMC Med Inform Decis Mak 3:12. 2003..If this proved possible it would provide, for the first time, an objective quantitative measure of computer use and a measure of the attention and responsiveness of the general practitioner towards the patient... - Quality and variability of osteoporosis data in general practice computer records: implications for disease registersS de Lusignan
Department of Community Health Sciences, St George s Hospital Medical School, London SW17 0RE, UK
Public Health 119:771-80. 2005..To determine the extent to which routinely collected general practitioner computer data could be used to create disease registers of patients with osteoporosis, and to report any improvement in data quality since previous studies... - Introduction to the Primary Care Informatics Working Group of the European Federation for Medical Informatics (EFMI)Simon de Lusignan
EFMI Primary Care Informatics Working Group, Department of Community Health Sciences, Hunter Wing, St George's Hospital Medical School, London SW17 0RE, UK
Inform Prim Care 11:175-6. 2003 - End-digit preference in blood pressure recordings of patients with ischaemic heart disease in primary careS de Lusignan
Primary Care Informatics, Department of Community Health Sciences, St George s Hospital Medical School, London, UK
J Hum Hypertens 18:261-5. 2004..This is strongly for the end-digit zero. However, there is more use of other end-digits, notably 8 and 5. This bias potentially carries important treatment consequences for this high-risk population... - An educational intervention to improve data recording in the management of ischaemic heart disease in primary careSimon de Lusignan
Primary Care Informatics, Department of General Practice and Primary Care, St George s Hospital Medical School, London SW17 0RE
J Public Health (Oxf) 26:34-7. 2004..The aim of this study was to examine the effect of an educational intervention on data quality in primary care... - Identifying patients with chronic kidney disease from general practice computer recordsSimon de Lusignan
Primary Care Informatics, Department of Community Health Sciences, Hunter Wing, St George s Hospital Medical School, London SW17 0RE
Fam Pract 22:234-41. 2005..The New Opportunities for Early Renal Intervention by Computerised Assessment (NEOERICA) project aimed to assess whether people with undiagnosed CKD who might benefit from early intervention could be identified from GP computer records... - Lessons from the implementation of a near patient anticoagulant monitoring service in primary careSimon de Lusignan
Primary Care Informatics, Department of Community Health Sciences, St George s Hospital Medical School, London, UK
Inform Prim Care 12:27-33. 2004..To evaluate the implementation of a primary care, nurse-led, near patient anticoagulant monitoring service... - Preventing stroke in people with atrial fibrillation: a cross-sectional studySimon de Lusignan
Primary Care Informatics, Department of Community Health Sciences, St George s Hospital Medical School, London SW17 ORE, UK
J Public Health (Oxf) 27:85-92. 2005..This study set out to identify the patients with atrial fibrillation and modifiable risk factors for stroke... - Problems with primary care data quality: osteoporosis as an exemplarSimon de Lusignan
Primary Care Informatics, Department of Community Health Sciences, St George s Hospital Medical School, London, UK
Inform Prim Care 12:147-56. 2004..To report problems implementing a data quality programme in osteoporosis... - Trends in the prevalence and management of diagnosed type 2 diabetes 1994-2001 in England and WalesSimon Lusignan
Department of Community Health Sciences, St George s Hospital Medical School, London SW17 0RE, UK
BMC Fam Pract 6:13. 2005..This study aims to document trends in the prevalence, drug treatment and recording of measures related to the management of type 2 diabetes; and to assess whether recommended targets can be met... - Web-based health applications provide useful and cost-effective tools; however, they should include key clinical variables and incorporate a coding or classification systemSimon de Lusignan
Primary Care Informatics, Department of Community Health Sciences, St George's Hospital Medical School, London, UK
Inform Prim Care 13:42-4. 2005 - Managers see the problems associated with coding clinical data as a technical issue whilst clinicians also see cultural barriersS de Lusignan
Primary Care Informatics, Department of Community Health Sciences, Hunter Wing, St George s Hospital, Medical School, London SW17 0RE, UK
Methods Inf Med 42:416-22. 2003..This study set out to examine the barriers to recording structured information in computerised medical records; and to explore whether managers and clinicians had different perspectives in how these barriers should be overcome... - Commentary: Improve the quality of the consultationSimon de Lusignan
Primary Care Informatics, Department of Community Health Sciences, Hunter Wing, St George's Hospital Medical School, London SW17 0RE
BMJ 326:202-6. 2003 - A knowledge-management model for clinical practiceS de Lusignan
Primary Care Informatics, Department of Community Health Sciences, St. George's Hospital Medical School, London SW17 0RE, UK
J Postgrad Med 48:297-303. 2002 - The use of routinely collected computer data for research in primary care: opportunities and challengesSimon de Lusignan
Primary Care Informatics, Division of Community Health Sciences, St George s Hospital Medical School, London, UK
Fam Pract 23:253-63. 2006..However, gaps exist in the literature about how to find relevant data, select appropriate research methods and ensure that the correct inferences are drawn... - What is primary care informatics?Simon de Lusignan
Primary Care Informatics, Department of Community Health Sciences, Hunter Wing, St George s Hospital Medical School, London SW17 0RE, England
J Am Med Inform Assoc 10:304-9. 2003..Primary care informatics is defined as a science and as a subset of health informatics. The proposed definition is intended to focus the development of a generalizable core theory for this informatics subspecialty... - A knowledge audit of the managers of primary care organizations: top priority is how to use routinely collected clinical data for quality improvementSimon de Lusignan
Primary Care Informatics, Department of Community Health Sciences, St George s Hospital Medical School, London, UK
Med Inform Internet Med 30:69-80. 2005..The biggest gap in current knowledge identified is how to perform needs assessment and quality improvement using aggregated routinely collected, general practice computer data... - The role of informatics in continuing professional development and quality improvement in primary careS de Lusignan
Department of Community Health Sciences, St George's Hospital Medical School, London, UK
J Postgrad Med 49:163-5. 2003 - Codes, classifications, terminologies and nomenclatures: definition, development and application in practiceSimon de Lusignan
Primary Care Informatics, Department of Community Health Sciences, St George s Hospital Medical School, London, UK
Inform Prim Care 13:65-70. 2005..The Working Group wishes to encourage shared definitions and an understanding of the practical application of structured data to improve quality in clinical practice... - The National Health Service and the internetSimon de Lusignan
Primary Care Informatics, Department of Community Health Sciences, Hunter Wing, St George's Hospital Medical School, London SW17 0RE, UK
J R Soc Med 96:490-3. 2003 - Can patients with osteoporosis, who should benefit from implementation of the national service framework for older people, be identified from general practice computer records? A pilot study that illustrates the variability of computerized medical recordsS de Lusignan
Kent, Surrey and Sussex Primary Care Research Network, The Ridgewood Centre, Old Bisley Road, Frimley, Camberley, Surrey GU16 5QE, UK
Public Health 117:438-45. 2003..These findings also have broader implications as UK general practice moves towards the implementation of a quality-based contract... - Comprehensive computerised primary care records are an essential component of any national health information strategy: report from an international consensus conferenceSimon de Lusignan
European Federation for Medical Informatics EFMI and Primary Care Informatics, Department of Community Health Sciences, St George s Hospital Medical School, London SW17 0RE, UK
Inform Prim Care 12:255-64. 2004..These principles and examples of their practical application were largely derived from the extensive knowledge base which has been built up in countries that have developed PCI over the last one to two decades... - A study of cardiovascular risk in overweight and obese people in EnglandSimon de Lusignan
Primary Care Informatics, Division of Community Health Sciences, St George s University of London, London, UK
Eur J Gen Pract 12:19-29. 2006..To report current levels of obesity and associated cardiac risk using routinely collected primary care computer data... - Using three-channel video to evaluate the impact of the use of the computer on the patient-centredness of the general practice consultationAlice Theadom
Primary Care Informatics, Department of Community Health Sciences, Hunter Wing, St George's Hospital Medical School, London SW17 0RE, UK
Inform Prim Care 11:149-56. 2003..Implications for the three-channel video technique for training, monitoring GP competence and providing feedback are discussed... - Routinely-collected general practice data are complex, but with systematic processing can be used for quality improvement and researchSimon de Lusignan
Primary Care Informatics, Division of Community Health Sciences, St George s Hospital Medical School, London, UK
Inform Prim Care 14:59-66. 2006..Routinely collected data is an underused resource, yet little has been written about the wide range of factors that need to be taken into account if we are to infer meaning from general practice data... - Assessing the impact of recording quality target data on the GP consultation using multi-channel videoMaigaelle V Moulene
Primary Care Informatics, Division of Community Health Sciences, St George University of London, United Kingdom
Stud Health Technol Inform 129:1132-6. 2007..In the UK routinely collected computerized clinical data is used to assess progress towards financially incentivised quality targets for chronic disease management including hypertension... - The ALFA (Activity Log Files Aggregation) toolkit: a method for precise observation of the consultationSimon de Lusignan
Biomedical Informatics, Division of Community Health Sciences, St George s University of London, London SW17 0RE, UK
J Med Internet Res 10:e27. 2008..There is a lack of tools to evaluate and compare Electronic patient record (EPR) systems to inform a rational choice or development agenda... - Addressing modifiable risk factors for coronary heart disease in primary care: an evidence-base lost in translationSafia Debar
Division of Community Health Sciences, St George s University of London, Cranmer Terrace, London, SW17 0RE, UK
Fam Pract 27:370-8. 2010..Risk factors for cardiovascular disease can be modified in primary care. Electronic patient record (EPR) systems include embedded cardiovascular risk factor calculators and should facilitate this process... - An eight-step method for assessing diagnostic data quality in practice: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease as an exemplarEdwin R Faulconer
Primary Care Informatics, Department of Community Health Sciences, St George's Hospital Medical School, London SW17 0RE, UK
Inform Prim Care 12:243-54. 2004..The sensitivity of the use of the diagnostic code was 79%, and the positive predictive value 75.3%. CONCLUSIONS: The method provides a tool to help practices and localities assess their diagnostic data quality... - Confidence and quality in managing CKD compared with other cardiovascular diseases and diabetes mellitus: a linked study of questionnaire and routine primary care dataMohammad A Tahir
Primary Care Informatics, Division of Public Health Sciences and Education, St George s University of London, Cranmer Terrace, London SW17 0RE, UK
BMC Fam Pract 12:83. 2011..Our objective is to compare practitioner confidence and achievement of quality indicators for CKD with hypertension and diabetes... - The Primary Care Electronic Library: RSS feeds using SNOMED-CT indexing for dynamic content deliveryJudas Robinson
Division of Community Health Sciences, St George's - University of London, London, UK
Inform Prim Care 14:247-52. 2006..This method could be utilised dynamically to supply digital library resources to a clinical system with SNOMED-CT data used as the standard of reference... - The validity of searching routinely collected general practice computer data to identify patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD): a manual review of 500 medical recordsSobana Anandarajah
St George's, University of London, London SW17 0RE, UK
Nephrol Dial Transplant 20:2089-96. 2005..CONCLUSIONS: Automated searching of general practice computer records could provide a reliable and valid way of identifying people with stages 3-5 CKD who could benefit from interventions readily available in primary care... - Using an open source observational tool to measure the influence of the doctor's consulting style and the computer system on the outcomes of the clinical consultationSimon de Lusignan
St George s University of London, London SW17 ORE, UK
Stud Health Technol Inform 150:1017-21. 2009..ALFA has been used to compare different brands of primary care computer systems; nurse case-load selection and consultation in psychiatry... - Three steps to data qualityKrish Thiru
St Mary s Hospital NHS Trust, London, UK
Inform Prim Care 11:95-102. 2003..In an attempt to provide data of adequate quality to support such operational needs, increasing emphasis is being placed on the standardisation of data recording... - The feasibility of using UML to compare the impact of different brands of computer system on the clinical consultationPushpa Kumarapeli
Primary Care Informatics, Division of Community Health Sciences, St George s University of London, UK
Inform Prim Care 15:245-53. 2007..Unified Modelling Language (UML) is a standard modelling and specification notation widely used in software engineering... - Does a higher 'quality points' score mean better care in stroke? An audit of general practice medical recordsPeter Huw Williams
St. George's Hospital Medical School, London, UK
Inform Prim Care 14:29-40. 2006..Research is needed to see whether this finding is generalisable and how the Quality and Outcomes Framework might be better aligned with delivering best practice... - Online resources for chronic kidney disease (CKD) for primary carePushpa Kumarapeli
Primary Care Informatics, St George's - University of London, London, UK
Inform Prim Care 14:139-42. 2006 - Lessons from the English National Programme for IT about structure, process and utilityMatthew Swindells
Global Consulting, Cerner, London, UK
Stud Health Technol Inform 174:17-22. 2012..Learning the lessons from the UK and other large system deployments might enable other countries to leap to the forefront of health care computing... - Abnormal lipids in high-risk patients achieving cholesterol targets: a cross-sectional study of routinely collected UK general practice dataJonathan Belsey
Primary Care Informatics, Division of Community Health Sciences, St George s University of London, London, UK
Curr Med Res Opin 24:2551-60. 2008..This analysis explores what proportion of the UK population with cardiovascular disease (CVD) and TC levels at or below target may still be at risk because of residual dyslipidaemia... - Routinely collected general practice data: goldmines for research? A report of the European Federation for Medical Informatics Primary Care Informatics Working Group (EFMI PCIWG) from MIE2006, Maastricht, The NetherlandsSimon de Lusignan
Primary Care Informatics, Department of Community Health Sciences, St George s, University of London, London, UK
Inform Prim Care 14:203-9. 2006..Much of European primary care is computerised and many groups of practices pool data for research. Technology is making pooled general practice data widely available beyond the domain within which it is collected... - Using surrogate markers in primary electronic patient record systems to confirm or refute the diagnosis of diabetesAshkan Bagheri
St George s, University of London, London, UK
Inform Prim Care 17:121-9. 2009..However, there is disparity in the prevalence of diabetes found in epidemiological studies compared with that reported through the UK's national quality improvement scheme... - Creatinine fluctuation has a greater effect than the formula to estimate glomerular filtration rate on the prevalence of chronic kidney diseaseSimon de Lusignan
Division of Community Health Sciences, St George s, University of London, London, UK
Nephron Clin Pract 117:c213-24. 2011..This study set out to promote a systematic approach to reporting CKD prevalence... - A model for patient-centred nurse consulting in primary careSimon de Lusignan
Department of General Practice and Primary Care, St George's Hospital Medical School, London
Br J Nurs 12:85-90. 2003..The model was developed as part of a research project on the influence of customized computer software used on nurse consultations with patients with heart disease... - UK and Croatia: family practice, its medical records and computerisation in the context of an enlarged EuropeSimon de Lusignan
Division of Community Health Sciences, St George s, University of London, London, UK
Inform Prim Care 15:169-73. 2007..They are also progressively computerising family practice. We set out to identify and report where these countries might learn from each other's experience... - Are we setting about improving the safety of computerised prescribing in the right way? A workshop reportArash Vaziri
St George s, University of London, London SW17 0RE, UK
Inform Prim Care 17:175-82. 2009..However, despite the near universal availability of computerised prescribing support in the UK, errors continue... - Achieving benefit for patients in primary care informatics: the report of a international consensus workshop at Medinfo 2007Simon de Lusignan
Division of Community Health Sciences, St George s University of London, London, UK
Inform Prim Care 15:255-61. 2007..Landmark reports suggest that sharing health data between clinical computer systems should improve patient safety and the quality of care. Enhancing the use of informatics in primary care is usually a key part of these strategies... - The development of primary care information technology in the United kingdomSimon de Lusignan
Division of Community Health Sciences, St George s University of London, London, United Kingdom
J Ambul Care Manage 31:201-10. 2008..This preceded the development of a National Health Service information strategy and an ambitious National Programme for IT... - Reducing coronary risk by raising HDL-cholesterol: risk modelling the addition of nicotinic acid to existing therapyJonathan Belsey
Primary Care Informatics, Division of Community Health Sciences, St George s University of London, London, UK
Curr Med Res Opin 24:2703-9. 2008..This study set out to model the impact of nicotinic acid therapy on cardiovascular risk in these patients, based on Framingham risk assessments on a cohort of patients drawn from UK general practitioner records... - Quality-improvement strategies for the management of hypertension in chronic kidney disease in primary care: a systematic reviewHugh Gallagher
Division of Community Health Sciences, HunterWing, St George s, University of London, London SW17 0RE
Br J Gen Pract 60:e258-65. 2010..However, no systematic review has been conducted to explore the effectiveness of quality-improvement interventions to lower blood pressure in people with CKD... - A system of metadata to control the process of query, aggregating, cleaning and analysing large datasets of primary care dataJeremy van Vlymen
Primary Care Informatics, St George's-University of London, London, UK
Inform Prim Care 13:281-91. 2005..This paper sets out to demystify our data processing method and makes the PCDQ metadata system available to clinicians and data processors who might wish to adopt it... - The Primary Care Electronic Library (PCEL) five years on: open source evaluation of usageJudas Robinson
Primary Care Informatics, St George's-University of London, London, UK
Inform Prim Care 13:271-80. 2005..CONCLUSIONS: Open source tools provide useful data which can be used to evaluate online resources. Improving the functionality of PCEL has been associated with increased use... - Does feedback improve the quality of computerized medical records in primary care?Simon de Lusignan
St George s Hospital Medical School, London, UK
J Am Med Inform Assoc 9:395-401. 2002..Data quality markers are collated and fed back to the participating general practitioners. The authors examined whether this feedback had a significant effect on data quality... - Does screening for loss of lung function help smokers give up?Sally Wells
Department of Community Health Science, St George's Hospital Medical School, London
Br J Nurs 12:744-50. 2003..Further research is needed to discover whether such an intervention would be cost-effective... - Using routinely collected data to evaluate a leaflet campaign to increase the presentation of people with memory problems to general practice: a locality based controlled studyTom Chan
Division of Population Health Sciences and Education, St George s University of London, London, UK
Inform Prim Care 18:189-96. 2010..The Alzheimer's Society wished to raise awareness that people with memory problems may benefit from early assessment and diagnosis, so that appropriate measures could be put in place and management improved... - The optimum granularity for coding diagnostic data in primary care: report of a workshop of the EFMI Primary Care Informatics Working Group at MIE 2005Simon de Lusignan
EFMI Primary Care Informatics Working Group, Primary Care Informatics, Division of Community Health Sciences, St George s University of London, London, UK
Inform Prim Care 14:133-7. 2006..The EFMI Primary Care Informatics Working Group held a workshop to explore interventions used across Europe to improve the data quality in primary care computerised medical records... - Using UMLS to map from a library to a clinical classification: Improving the functionality of a digital libraryJudas Robinson
Primary Care Informatics, Division of Community Health Sciences, St George s, University of London, Cranmer Terrace, London, SW17 0RE
Stud Health Technol Inform 121:86-95. 2006..Such a mapping would aid healthcare professionals to retrieve relevant data from our digital library as it would enable links between clinical systems and indexed material... - Do primary care professionals work as a team: a qualitative studyAdrienne Shaw
Department of Community Health Sciences, St George s Hospital Medical School, London, UK
J Interprof Care 19:396-405. 2005..It highlights the need for more sustained educational and quality improvement initiatives to encourage greater collaboration and understanding between healthcare professionals... - What are the barriers to conducting international research using routinely collected primary care data?Simon de Lusignan
Primary Care Informatics, St George s University of London, London, UK
Stud Health Technol Inform 165:135-40. 2011..Primary care is computerized with routine data recorded at the point or care. Secondary use of these data includes: genetic study, epidemiology and clinical trials. However, there are relatively few international studies... - The Hayes principles: learning from the national pilot of information technology and core generalisable theory in informaticsSimon de Lusignan
Division of Population Health Sciences and Education, St George s University of London, London, UK
Inform Prim Care 18:73-7. 2010..The Hayes report was written as an independent review of health and social care IT in England... - The QICKD study protocol: a cluster randomised trial to compare quality improvement interventions to lower systolic BP in chronic kidney disease (CKD) in primary careSimon de Lusignan
Division of Community Health Sciences, St George s University of London, London, SW17 0RE, UK
Implement Sci 4:39. 2009..Finally, we will conduct an economic evaluation based on a comparison of the cost effectiveness of each intervention. CLINICAL TRIALS REGISTRATION: ISRCTN56023731. ClinicalTrials.gov identifier... - Relearning the lessons about the implementation of information systems in primary care: a report from the European Federation for Medical Informatics (EFMI) Special Topic Conference 2007 in CroatiaSimon de Lusignan
Department of Community Health Sciences, St George's, University of London, London, UK
Inform Prim Care 15:167-8. 2007 - New patient asking for a benzodiazepine prescriptionSimon de Lusignan
Division of Community Health Sciences, St George's, University of London, London SW17 0RE
BMJ 337:a658. 2008 - Prescribing support software recommends more expensive prescriptionsSimon de Lusignan
Division of Community Health Sciences, St George's - University of London, UK
Inform Prim Care 16:61-2. 2008 - An evaluation of general practice websites in the UKAlistair Howitt
Warders Medical Centre, East Street, Tonbridge, Kent TN9 1LA, UK
Fam Pract 19:547-56. 2002..Previously developed rating instruments to assess medical websites have been criticized for failing to report their reliability and validity... - UK's National Programme for IT welcomes recommendation for a more sociotechnical approach to evaluation: a commentary on the Greenhalgh evaluation of the summary care recordSimon de Lusignan
Inform Prim Care 16:75-7. 2008 - Specific classification of elibrary resources says more about users' preferencesJudas Robinson
St George s, University of London, Cranmer Terrace, London, SW17 0RE
Stud Health Technol Inform 124:719-24. 2006..Over 1,000 resources in the Primary Care Electronic Library (PCEL - www.pcel.info) were classified with MeSH... - Chronic kidney disease: a new priority for primary careGabriela B Gomez
Br J Gen Pract 56:908-10. 2006 - Breaking the first law of informatics: the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) in the dockSimon de Lusignan
Inform Prim Care 14:153-6. 2006 - e-Prescribing, efficiency, quality: lessons from the computerization of UK family practiceCharles P Schade
West Virginia Medical Institute, Charleston, WV 25304, USA
J Am Med Inform Assoc 13:470-5. 2006..These features include electronic prescribing, improved quality and consistency of care, practice efficiencies that have both timesaving and revenue generating effects, and potential shielding from malpractice claims... - Kidney disease management in UK primary care: guidelines, incentives and information technologyBernhard Klebe
Department of Renal Medicine, Kent and Canterbury Hospital, Ethelbert Road, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 3NG
Fam Pract 24:330-5. 2007..Many principles may be extended to the management of any chronic disease. While new developments are necessary to improve care, wider implementation is required to be able to see if improved outcomes are achieved... - Nurses and IT: a survey of use among community clinical staffTom Chan
Surrey and Hampshire Borders NHS Trust, Frimley, Surrey
Prof Nurse 19:449-52. 2004..Provision of IT was poor across all the staff studied, with health visitors and community nurses lagging slightly behind others. The reasons for the low levels of use need further research so that barriers to using IT can be overcome... - Moving to paperlessness: a case study from a large general practiceStephen Carr-Bains
The Student Health Centre, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK
Inform Prim Care 11:157-63; discussion 163-5. 2003..The practice is now fit to be part of any move towards integration of records within its local health community, and can demonstrate from its computer records that it meets the quality targets for primary care... - Using the Internet to conduct surveys of health professionals: a valid alternative?Dejana Braithwaite
General Practice and Primary Care Research Unit, Institute of Public Health, University of Cambridge, Robinson Way, Cambridge CB2 2SR, UK
Fam Pract 20:545-51. 2003..The purpose of this study was to examine whether Internet-based surveys of health professionals can provide a valid alternative to traditional survey methods... - Management of cardiovascular risk factors in people with diabetes in primary care: cross-sectional studyAlide Petri
Department of Primary Care and Social Medicine, Imperial College Faculty of Medicine, Charing Cross Campus, Reynolds Building, St Dunstan s Road, London W6 8RP, UK
Public Health 120:654-63. 2006..The management of cardiovascular risk factors in people with diabetes in primary care was compared with National Institute of Clinical Excellence guidelines... - Developing primary care informaticsSimon de Lusignan
Inform Prim Care 16:1-2. 2008 - Biomedical Informatics: developing university, healthcare and industrial partnershipsSimon de Lusignan
Inform Prim Care 14:255-6. 2006 - Variation in clinical coding lists in UK general practice: a barrier to consistent data entry?Tracy Waize Tai
St George s, University of London, UK
Inform Prim Care 15:143-50. 2007..Routinely collected general practice computer data are used for quality improvement; poor data quality including inconsistent coding can reduce their usefulness...