[log in to unmask],Net writes:
>accept that you have to search on all the terms that people may have
>>used for
>> depression instead of picking an approved one
> that's fine if you want to use the system for care of individual
>patients - and it might even be possible to use it like this for your
>practice...
>What about data for Health Needs Assessment? *Any* MIQUEST type query is
>going to miss patients if GPs insist on doing their own thing !;->>
No.
If all the terms are included in the query then all the terms will be
searched on.
It substitutes an unfeasible regimentation - or an implausible degree
of interest, skill, and agreement at the coalface by a rather loonger
and more detailed thought and careful framing of question by the person
who wants the answer.
Radical idea for the NHS I know, but it does give the capacity to work
around known weaknesses in our systems.
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