Prescriptions dispensed by the general practitioner are automatically recorded on the computerised file.
Data were collected by 2 investigators (GG and SD), based on the computerised file and if necessary the paper file, using a standardised extraction form.
Finally, since drug prescriptions are automatically recorded in the computerised file when issued by the physician, the definition of exposure is exempt of recall bias.
But a new local chairman, Jim Pederson, has invested $3m of his own money in state-of-the-art computerised voter files and reorganised the party on approved business-school lines.
Participating GPs agreed to note the following items in their computerised medical files: relevant anamnestic findings, treatment details, a preliminary prognosis, and a diagnostic code from the International Classification of Primary Care (ICPC) [ 4], chosen from a list provided by the researchers.
28 In this study we expect that the challenges at the GP's level include willingness to participate and to fulfil all requests associated with participation: searching the computerised patient files for patients that fit the inclusion criteria, approaching suitable patients, informing the researcher when a patient is willing to be approached, and participating in an in-depth interview.
All participating practices were computerised, had electronic patient files, and an electronic prescription system used for diagnosis-related prescribing.
The full protocol for this systematic review is reported in the online supplementary file 1. Computerised databases were searched for eligible studies: MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO, AMED (via Ovid), BNI and CINAHL (via HILO), Social Sciences Citations Index (via Web of Knowledge) and CDSR, DARE and CENTRAL (via the Cochrane Library).
Paper-based self-completion forms (Additional file 2), interviews and computerised data logging (iPad) captured information on the use of COMPASS by clinicians.
A recent attempt by President Sarkozy's government to computerise all intelligence files into a new super-database, known by the acronym EDVIGE, is being rethought after an outcry by civil-liberties groups.
Not only because by computerising the medical files the work in the centres is carried out more efficiently.
