Vision for “realistic medicine” by 2025
ALL healthcare professionals in Scotland will be practising “realistic medicine” by 2025 in a bid to increase patient involvement and reduce overtreatment.
Protecting electronic patient data
DATA extraction software for patient records can speed up information requests both for insurance companies and under-pressure GPs - but practices need to ensure essential data protection standards are met.
Transgender records
...The practice is advised to explain that the patient may not be contacted for current or future screening programmes associated with the sex at birth and explain the implications of this...
Incident reporting system checklist
Use this checklist to review your current incident reporting system, or as a good practice checklist when developing or implementing a new system for your practice
Dental records management checklist
This handy risk checklist will assist dental practices in ensuring they have robust systems and processes in place to manage their patient records
Referring patients checklist
This checklist will aid your review of your current referral process and help ensure that it is as effective and safe as possible
Prescribing record
This checklist leads team members involved in a practice's prescribing system through the main risk areas related to managing prescribing records
Discount rate announcement threatens higher cost to doctors and dentists
MDDUS vows to explore all options to help members
Record keeping - workflow processes checklist
This checklist can be used by practice managers or GPs to review your practice processes for viewing and actioning patient results and hospital correspondence
Confidentiality
Maintaining confidentiality is essential in providing safe patient care.