On Mon, 2007-07-09 at 10:38 +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Mon Jul 9 11:40 , Tim Churches <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent: > > >Greg Twyford wrote: > > >> GP & PHC Research Conference Abstracts 2007 > >> > >> Effect of computerisation on quality of general practice care—a > >> comparison with quality indicators > > > >I suspect that this study may fall foul of the "ecological fallacy" - > I suspect computerisation of GP hasn't done all that much at all in > measurable outcomes. > The computer is used as a script-writer and (at most) a faster filing > cabinet, it's not getting > involved in actual decision-making yet. > > Ian
Yes it is. Today I had a call from a Pfizer subcontracted RN who is phoning GPs to check that they are running MD2 before they post a CD with a decision making tool. She explained that the tool will create a list of pts who qualify to take certain Pfizer cardiac and cholesterol drugs due to what their (sql query?) finds after it trawls the surgery database. A list of names will be produced and a pop up will appear each time Dr accesses the file, to suggest that certain drugs be prescribed due to their recent pathology and other measurements! Decision making tools have well and truly arrived! fee > > Felicity S Goswell RN DipPracMgt FAAPM > Practice Nurse Manager > Nillo Surgery > Maitland > ph 02 49344364 > mob 0411 888 450 _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk
