Treating your fellow GP or other medical colleagues can be a real challenge. The simple stuff can leave your guessing if you are doing it right – and for the tricky stuff: mental health, substance abuse, impairment etc it can be an extremely stressful experience. Dr Penny Wilson has interviewed Dr Geoff Riley – he…
“Dear Neurologist, please see John ?head. Sincerely, Dr AB.” Referral letters are the way in which we can correspond our clinical information to our specialist colleagues. It is critically important and also reflects upon you as a clinician as to your medical skill and ability to be succinct. It has been pointed out many times…
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The General Practice Data Governance Council is “committed to profession-led governance regarding the issues of data collection activities in general practice,” in particular secondary use of patient data generated through clinical care delivery to patients. GPs and consumers have voiced concerns with regards to secondary use of data uploaded to…
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I can confirm that the Government is not going to build a massive data repository. We don’t believe it would deliver any additional benefits to clinicians or patients – and it creates unnecessary risks (~Nicola Roxon) I’ve studied the PCEHR but I’m still not sure what the government has…
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It is good to see that social media and eHealth are becoming mainstream topics at national health conferences. At the recent GP Education & Training Conference in Perth (GPET13) I attended two workshops about our professional online presence. The first one was about the benefits of social media and…
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Is Skype safe for a clinical consultation? In June last year, the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners said in their publication RACGP advice on Skype: “There is currently no clear evidence to suggest that Skype is unsuitable for clinical use”. This year however, new information came to light…
