I remain unconvinced on most arguments. If my partner is seeing one of my
patients next door and, for some peculiar reason I want immediate access to
that patient's records at the same time - though why I should, the spirit
knows - (being the nosey devil I am) I can use the telephone. The IT
wallahs are just looking for a use for their toy.
As for stats. Fine, they can and are quite usefully generated within the
practice and anonymised results can be e-mailed to the world, if you like.
I see no possible justification for linking computers so that others can
access my patient records - and that seems to be what is being proposed on
some spurious ground that it is useful on very rare occasions. Again,
finding a use for a toy :-))
You try to tell MDU & GMC that handwritten notes are of very little use !!!
In many cases they may be but that is largely up to the notetaker - and
computerisation will be by the same individuals but will encourage verbal
diarrhoea (like this!!). You have a good subject for research there. Do
computer records actually save lives? Convince me !!
As for PCGs, the scenario you seem to paint is one where you begin to lose
touch with your own patients. Is that good?
Over to the IT enthusiasts, again :-)))
David Roberts
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