At 19:22 15/10/96 +0100, you wrote:
>OK, I know this .....can't be done/is a crap idea/has already been done/is
>a great idea and patented *delete as appropriate...
>
>...but...
>
>What about standard format referral/Dx letters with patient identifier (new
>NHS number ?) , problem list, drugs, PMH, etc. given as plain speak, Read
>code, and ...bar coded ???
>
>Admin staff each end beep in the data to the record just like Tescos (
>certainly at the GP end :-) to keep the computer record up to date ??
>
>So tell me it won't work..I dare you >:-(
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>Paul Galloway MBChB MRCGP
>Marston Medical Centre, Oxford, OX3 0LY.
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