Vol 20, No 1

Table of Contents

Editorial

Time for research networks to be trained in informatics and based within informatics centres
Simon de Lusignan
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3-5

Research article

Communication and the electronic health record training: a comparison of three healthcare systems
Michelle H Lynott, Sarah A Kooienga, Valerie T Stewart
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7-12
Revisiting the concept of ‘chronic disease’ from the perspective of the episode of care model. Does the ratio of incidence to prevalence rate help us to define a problem as chronic?
Jean K Soler, Inge Okkes, Sibo Oskam, Kes van Boven, Predag Zivotic, Milan Jevtic, Frank Dobbs, Henk Lamberts
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13-23
The interpretation of the reasons for encounter ‘cough’ and ‘sadness’ in four international family medicine populations
Jean K Soler, Inge Okkes, Sibo Oskam, Kes van Boven, Predrag Zivotic, Milan Jevtic, Frank Dobbs, Henk Lamberts
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25-39
The Scottish Emergency Care Summary – an evaluation of a national shared record system aiming to improve patient care: technology report
Libby MM Morris, Colin Brown, Marysia Williamson, Jeremy C Wyatt
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41-49
Bottom-up and middle-out approaches to electronic patient information systems: a focus on healthcare pathways
Ken Eason, Mike Dent, Patrick Waterson, Dylan Tutt, Andrew Thornett
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51-56
Implementation of a web-based tool for patient medication self-management: the Medication Self-titration Evaluation Programme (Med-STEP) for blood pressure control
Richard W Grant, Jennifer C Pandiscio, Hannah Pajolek, Alyssa Woulfe, Alexandra Pelletier, Joseph Kvedar, Elyse R Park
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57-67

Short report

Parents’ knowledge of and opinions about healthcare laws and technology in primary care
Lindsay A Thompson, Erik W Black, Heidi Saliba, Anzeela M Schentrup
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69-74
David Kenny (1940–2011): Informatician who established some of the first principles of data privacy and confidentiality
Barry Barber, Maureen Scholes, Michael Fairey, Jean Roberts
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75-76