The state of general practice computing in Scotland and the characteristics of computerised practices: a survey of 948 practices.
A survey of 1,179 Scottish practices produced an 81% response rate and gathered data about practice size, environment, state of computerisation as well as future plans for the use of computers in the practice. Results show that the majority of practices are already computerised and that over 90% will be computerised soon. A computer in the practice correlates especially with the presence of a practice manager, a practice nurse and training or teaching status. Scotland is unique in having a national software program (GPASS) for general practice administration. We estimate that by mid 1991 over 750 practices will be using GPASS.
Department of General Practice, Foresterhill Health Centre, University of Aberdeen.
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Duncan
D003201:Computers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003625:Data Collection; D006801:Humans; D010821:Physicians, Family; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D012606:Scotland; D012984:Software