Response to Drs Bergman and Zurhellen
| Autor: | John B. Coombs |
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| Rok vydání: | 1995 |
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| Zdroj: | Pediatrics. 96:842-844 |
| ISSN: | 1098-4275 0031-4005 |
| DOI: | 10.1542/peds.96.4.842 |
| Popis: | In composing a response to these two articles, I must congratulate both presenters. Each created a stimulating summary of key components of what I consider to be the greatest challenge for practicing physicians in the future: information management. Dr Zurhellen has described an office information system that, in all probability, is enjoyed by fewer than 1 in 50 practitioners currently. Taking advantage of his position as a solo practitioner with a strong interest in computers, he has developed a system that brings greater simplicity, efficiency, and—I dare say—accuracy and precision to his office practice. The greatest challenge for the rest of us will be how to create the transition and the tremendous investment of time, financial resources, and risk that it will surely take to get where he is today. Given the need for improvement in the daily handling of office information, and given the estimated 7500 new articles entered daily in the peer-reviewed biomedical literature, futurists predict that practitioners during the next 15 years will need to adjust both their practice style and their continuing education. They will need to assimilate new information in accordance with this estimate: 75% of what one needs to know to provide top-quality care in any given patient encounter will change during a 12-month period. Dr Bergman has provided an up-to-date glimpse of how we are preparing to meet this challenge. Practice parameters condense new acientific information that is evidence based into defined best practice for a given medical condition. Gaps in evidence-based information are filled by selected expert opinion. |
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