Fyi,
Bob Pyke Jr.
View from the front line - patient consultations and the Web
Dr Harry Brown, NHS General Practitioner, and author
of the BMJ's
Netlines column
During the course of a consultation there are times
when a patient
asks a question, or a clinical issue arises for which
the doctor does
not know the answer. Assuming there is no great
urgency, we could
ask the patient to come back after textbooks are
consulted,
librarians are enlisted or colleagues' views sought.
Alternatively, the
latest 21st-century technological gizmos could be
brought in to
action and a rapid foray into cyberspace may quickly
yield the
relevant answer. Even better, if this is done in real
time during the
consultation, a repeat visit by the patient would be
unnecessary.
This column will examine whether the Internet is used
during patient
consultations, and if not, what needs to happen to
bring about this
change.http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/en/1/homlibinfacthiiarc14.html
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