title: General practitioners' attitudes to computer-generated surgical discharge letters. Members of the Department of General Surgery, Fremantle Hospital.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess general practitioners' attitudes to a computed-generated general surgical discharge letter. To identify the six most important items of information in an ideal discharge letter.
  
  
  METHODS
  One hundred and thirty general practitioners who had received at least six computer-generated surgical discharge letters in one year were circulated with a questionnaire.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Most general practitioners approved of the computer-generated discharge letter which included all six of the most important items of information they requested. Eighty-four per cent wished to see a similar computer-generated discharge system extended into other areas of hospital practice.
authors.affiliation: University Department of Surgery, Fremantle Hospital, WA.
authors.forename: W M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Castleden
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Stacey
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Norman
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Lawrence-Brown
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Brooks
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D015709:Correspondence as Topic; D006801:Humans; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D010351:Patient Discharge; D010821:Physicians, Family; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires