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E-health warning: cliff edge ahead
An update on the PCEHR from Dr Kruys. TL;DR - not good.
Patient Information Sheet – Meningococcal Vaccination
Meningococcal disease is a rare but very serious disease caused by the bacterium Neisseria meningitides. This bacteria is commonly found in the upper respiratory tract and is spread through coughing, sneezing and close contact. Infection can result in septicaemia...
Performance Enhancing Drugs
Recently I posted a picture on the practice Facebook page highlighting our snazzy new icon...but what's the background? We had a few guesses, and here's the answer! Enjoy your weekend in great health - we're here at Partridge Street General Practice if you need us!
Today Tonight: product promotion dressed as health news
Today Tonight Tomorrow's Trash. Our daily newspapers (and some medical papers/journals) are a collection of bad news and rubbish collated to sell advertising space. Today Tonight follows in this modern 'journalistic' tradition. I suggest the following free therapy,...
eHealth (MyHealthRecord) and Informed Consent
So we've moved to an opt-out system. Could this happen here? What other dangers are there? Government's reach has exceeded its grasp here. This is a white elephant which is unusable by members of the profession and which does not and will not deliver what the public...
GPs, MPs, and BS: Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Today I read another great piece from Dr Edwin Kruys (here) about revalidation of doctors, specifically GPs. I won't repeat his points as he has made them very eloquently but I will add a few of my own. The public don't seem to be clamouring for revalidation of...