My own informal feedback is that such comments are greatly appreciated,
particularly if they reflect an appreciation of the nature of General
Practice. I suspect that they may even encourage the provision of more
clinical information on the request form, thus facilitating the process.
WM
At 04:41 PM 12/3/01 -0000, Ceridwen Dawkins wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Dawkins Ceridwen
>> Sent: 03 December 2001 15:26
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Usefulness of interpretative comments on reports
>>
>> Replying as an individual:
>> Locally I did a survey of all lab users,Hosp and GP,approx a year ago.
>> To the question,how useful are the above comments:
>> 16% said essential,51% very useful,16% reasonable,3%not very useful,2%
>> unnecessary, 14% would like more!
>>
>> To the question,where results are equivocal an interpretation may be made
>> or doubts cast on their significance.How useful is this?:
>> 96% replied useful,4% not. No GP replied not useful.
>>
>> Individual free script replies[ of which there were a lot] suggested
>> comments particularly appreciated on endocrine abnormalities,anything
>> unusual and isolated,further questions to be asked or ideas for further
>> investigation,explanations,thinking points,possible diagnosis,advice on
>> next move,etc..
>> Personally,therefore,I will continue,
>> Ceridwen Dawkins,
>> Frenchay Hospital,
>> Bristol
>>
>>
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