title: Knowledge and information and the quality framework.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The quality framework developed by The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners is described by Booth in this issue of Australian Family Physician. This article applies the framework to the 'knowledge and information' domain.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This article draws on selected examples of immediate relevance to Australian general practitioners to demonstrate the value of such a framework.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The framework provides a mechanism for assessing policy and implementation initiatives in an Australian context that takes account of the realities of clinical practice. Management, implementation of guidelines, immunisation, electronic prescribing, and decision support are considered using descriptive or analytical approaches.
authors.affiliation: Discipline of General Practice, Western Clinical School, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. rtomlins@ozemail.com.au
authors.forename: Ron
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tomlins
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D002983:Clinical Competence; D005194:Family Practice; D006801:Humans; D019451:Information Management; D009313:National Health Programs; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*