general practitioner (GP)

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'Miserable' Doctors Prescribe A Different Career

Celeste Headlee | NPR | April 17, 2014

A lot of children grow up wanting to be doctors, but now some physicians are discouraging others from joining the profession. What has changed over the years?

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Can Open Data Improve GPs' Take-up Of Innovations? [UK]

Kathleen Stokes | Healthcare Professionals Network | January 29, 2014

When we think about innovation, we tend to focus on creating and developing new ideas, tools and ways of doing things. While valuable, this alone it is not enough. To have impact, promising and proven innovations need to be explored and implemented. 

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EHI Live Interview: Dr Mark Davies

Rebecca Todd | eHealth Insider | August 16, 2012

The executive medical director of the Health and Social Care Information Centre sat down with reporter Rebecca Todd to discuss the power of information in the new NHS landscape. Read More »

Patients To Add To Medical Record Online

Rebecca Todd | eHealth Insider | January 22, 2014

Patients will be able to contribute to their own medical record and switch GP practice online, NHS England’s director of patients and information Tim Kelsey has said. Read More »

Prescribe Cheaper Drugs, British Doctors Told

Oliver Wright | The Independent | December 31, 2012

Doctors who unnecessarily prescribe expensive branded drugs to patients when cheaper alternatives are available are facing a crackdown as [Britain's] NHS attempts to reduce its annual £8bn family medicine bill. Read More »