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TPP are involved in the development of electronic patient record systems converting large numbers of paper records into digital form. [2] This enables GPs, community services and care homes to share access to records, with the patient's consent, enabling the ordering of clinical tests and medication without the need to visit the institution.
Medical practice management software (PMS) is a category of healthcare software that deals with the day-to-day operations of a medical practice including veterinarians.Such software frequently allows users to capture patient demographics, schedule appointments, maintain lists of insurance payors, perform billing tasks, and generate reports.
They could go online to order prescriptions, communicate with their GP or even to print off their medical records to take to appointments with hospital consultants. [7] As of October 2014 the practice had enabled over 3,200 patients - 28% of its total patient population - to have electronic access to their GP record.
The GP Curriculum was first published by the RCGP in 2006. [2] The Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board (PMETB) approved it to be used for GP Specialty Training, and it was introduced for all programmes starting from 1 August 2007. [3] The curriculum is continually updated. [4]
RCGP's archives provide an important insight into the origins of the college and the foundation of modern general practice. Exhibits include a variety of personal papers, historic books, college institutional records, and a museum collection of medical instruments dating back to the 17th century.
After completing the social service, a doctor obtains a "medical registration" at the governor's office (Gobernación) of the Department (province/state) where they served the obligatory term. This registration is the same as a license in other countries, and authorizes the physician to practice medicine anywhere in the national territory.
This combined with the other workload factors (increasing consultation length, increasing consultation frequency, ageing population (see Office for National Statistics) increasing medical complexity, and transfer of work from hospital means that GP workload is rising 5% year on year as GP income falls – concealed largely by the rise of "half ...
In 2008, with 60% of Scotland's GP practices still using GPASS, a national procurement was announced as part of a managed transition off the platform. [12] Procurement began in July 2009. The planned date for retiral of the GPASS service was March 2012. By August 2012 all GP practices had migrated to either INPS Vision or EMIS PCS. [13]