Sorry if you get this already.
If only the UK moves to the 20 century, eh? :-)
IMG: please take notice and adjust 'new strategy' clauses on NHSnet ;-)
Ahmad
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From: David Rollo <[log in to unmask]>
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Cc: Huw Thomas <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 22:47:53 +1100
Subject: Re: [SIM-L] IT for UK Primary care
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Huw Thomas wrote:
>I am doing a lecture on IT in Primary Care, and am trying to jump
>forward a few years... What current internet sites might be useful to
>GP's and primary care workers if they could access them quickly and
>painlessly - with the patient there in the room
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You don't really have to "jump forward a few years".
In my practice as a cardiologist, I have a web browser & an email program
continuously open on the desktop. The Internet is instantaneously
accessible here in Melbourne by cable (optic fibre), at quite cheap rates
(A$65 per month, about US$42), and there are no time charges -- it's a
24-hours a day connection.
These programs are in constant use during consultations, for patient
educational purposes and access to other information sources such as
Medline. I use HTML documents on my own web site for some of this -- it
seems to make a greater impact on patients than oral advice, or even
booklets. After reviewing the information, the patient takes away a hard
copy of what appears to be most relevant and interesting to them -- it is
not always possible to predict or dictate just how the discussion will go.
Among the many useful sites is the wonderful set of pathological images at
http://www-medlib.med.utah.edu/WebPath/ORGAN.html#1
This makes it easy to explain to a patient just what has gone wrong with
their heart, and more importantly, helps impart some clear ideas and
motivation for lifestyle change.
I capture some of these web pages (images & text) to my hard disk with
Documagix Papermaster: with this and the cable modem you can switch
instantly in the browser from your hard disk to the web site, often without
knowing (or caring) just where the information is coming from at a
particular time, unless you look at the URL.
David Rollo
>
>Suggestions already:
>Online dermatology Atlas http://www1.protec.it/atlas/preface.htm
>Framingham risk Calculator
>BNF online
>Drugs and therapeutics online
>
>what can the discussion group think is useful at present?
>What is just around the corner??
>
>Huw Thomas
>GP Minehead Somerset
>
>http://www.irnham.demon.co.uk
>
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>Huw Thomas
>
>--
>Huw Thomas
>
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