On 02/10/2013 18:58, Adrian Midgley wrote:
> On Wednesday, October 2, 2013, Stephen Meech wrote:
>
> As you're probably aware, West Kent CCG uses a document repository
> at http://dorisinfo.co.uk which has facilities for integration with
> clinical systems. It requires login
>
> Why?
>
> The requiring login?
Goodness knows. I tried to persuade them to make the site open, pointing
out that it would be more widely used by GPs and staff as a result.
It's quite a wide ranging database and I suppose they felt they'd have
to be more careful with the content (it has a lot of professional
contact details, for example) if it were public.
> but I'm sure you have contacts at the CCG. We're also currently
> reviewing which solution to use in the future.
>
> I find guidelines very useful but will continue to resist the
> plethora of referral templates particularly where they are
> infrequently used, unhelpful, require clinical work over and above
> that needed to make the decision to refer, and where referrals by
> standard letter are resisted.
>
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Regards,
Stephen
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