In message <[log in to unmask]>, Ahmad Risk
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>On 01/17/98 05:05:50, Mary Hawking <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> What happens when:-
>> 1.practice not computerised
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>Move Practice to Goripani in Nepal
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>> 2.practice computerised but does not use computer for prescribing during
>> consultation
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>Ditto.
>
>> 3.practice computerised, uses computer for repeat and acute prescribing,
>> but prescription given when on a visit
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>Ditto, but visiting involves walking for hours on up and down only
>tracks (no level tracks)
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>> 4.computer down
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>N/A if in Goripani
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>> 5.patient uses different pharmacist - or asks "which chemist is open?"
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>Tough, nearest chemist is 5000 feet straight up with a abit of an
>overhang neat the end
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>> would this scheme force some practices to computerise - many to change
>> their workhabits - and all of us to invest in portables (and remote
>> access) for visiting?
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>Forcing Practices to change workhabits (new word?) is always a Good
>Thing
>
>> would a small fee be enough if the infrastructure and workload was not
>> *fully* financed? ;-<<
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>Not if you use my definitiion of 'small'. Small is thaaaaat big :-)
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>If your boggles are still attached to your mind, you're doing very well
Sorry, Ahmed, I didn't realise we were talking about Nepal! ;->> I was
talking about real life in the NHS... ;-<<
Mary
PS It takes a lot to make *my* mind boggle..
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>Ahmad
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