Contents – September 2001
News
NSF for CHD will add heavy
burden to GPs' workload
PCSG to launch guideline
on irritable bowel syndrome
Poor compliance not always
to blame for treatment-resistant hypertension
In Reply
Involve all
staff in setting up a practice intranet
Dr Pablo Millares Martin offers advice on setting up an
intranet gained from personal experience in his practice
Editorial
NICE guidance
helps GPs target Cox II inhibitors
Dr Gillian Hosie, past President of the Primary Care Rheumatology
Society and a GP in Glasgow
Personal View
New
cardiovascular risk score includes stroke and CHD
GP Dr David Archer tries out an innovative tool for assessing
cardiovascular risk based on routinely available information
Guideline Development
IBS guidelines
support decision making in general practice
New IBS guidelines from the PCSG due out this month aim
to enhance patient care by promoting an effective doctor-patient relationship
explains Professor Greg Rubin
Guideline Development
NICE guideline
aims to reduce morbidity and mortality post-MI
The NICE guideline provides GPs with a clear sequence of
evidence-based interventions for the management of post-MI patients, as Dr Malcolm
Thomas explains
Beacon Awards
Shared-care
stroke service helps to promote best practice
Dr John Coop, Angela Williams, Dr Martin James and Tina
Wills describe a collaboration to produce an evidence-based model of stroke
care that reflects local health culture and needs
Beacon Awards
Practice
influenza campaign increases vaccination uptake
Tim Smith describes his practice team's effective influenza
programme which includes a dedicated phone line for booking appointments
NEW SERIES: Focus on CME
Keep up to date
with our CME questions
Starting in this issue, Guidelines in Practice will
be running a regular series on continuing medical education.
NEW SERIES: Patient Group Directions
How to decide
when a patient group direction is needed
In the first of a new series, Peter Jones explains how to
decide whether your practice needs to draw up a PGD to administer vaccines and
other medicines
Medico-legal Issues in General Practice
When
is it justifiable to refuse a home visit?
Dr Gerard Panting examines the factors that need to be considered
when deciding whether to visit a patient at home
Electronic Communication
Improved
PRODIGY will include chronic disease management
Dr Nigel Watson discusses the significant improvements planned
for the next release of PRODIGY and how they will help GPs during consultations
and at other times
Key Organisations
National
Primary Care Research and Development Centre
Bonnie Sibbald, Professor of Health Services Research and
Deputy Director, National Primary Care Research and Development Centre
eGuidelines
eGuidelines
update
A new design for the eGuidelines website gives users faster
loading times and simpler navigation
CLIP database
Clinical Improvements
Online Database
Step-by-step instructions on how to search the database
for all clinical projects in respiratory diseases
Your Problems Solved: IT
Our panel
of experts answer questions on IT
Dr Nigel Watson answers some frequently asked questions
on IT in general practice
Out of Hours
More guidelines
for self-experimentation
Dr Phil Hammond, GP and atheist presenter of BBC1's Heaven
and Earth Show
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