title: Primary care informatics and integrated care.
abstract: This chapter gives an educational overview of: * The biopsychosocial model of primary health care and longitudinal relationships; * Management of undifferentiated problems and chronic illness within the clinical relationship; * Patient-centred care in the context of health promotion, early detection and effective care of patients with chronic illness; * Inter-professional networks, connectedness, connectivity and interoperability; * Record linkage and health information sharing/exchange for clinical, audit, quality assurance, professional development and research purposes.
authors.affiliation: SSWAHS General Practice Unit, General Practice Faculty of Medicine, The University of New South Wales, Australia. siaw@unsw.edu.au
authors.forename: Siaw-Teng
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Liaw
authors.forename: Douglas I R
authors.initials: DI
authors.lastname: Boyle
mesh_terms: D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018802:Patient-Centered Care; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D014584:User-Computer Interface