Please will Jeremy and all of your writers acknowledge that the clinical and administrative software that GPs use does much more than just print prescriptions? Yes, Frank Pyefinch's original software did do only that, but: a) that was a very long time ago; b) even at that time, there were sophisticated software packages available and in use that did much more. Please can we call them something more accurate such as: "Electronic clinical record systems"?
TMR needs to acknowledge that ‘Scriptwriters’ aren’t just scriptwriters these days.
Please will Jeremy and all of your writers acknowledge that the clinical and administrative software that GPs use does much more than just print prescriptions? Yes, Frank Pyefinch’s original software did do only that, but: a) that was a very long time ago; b) even at that time, there were sophisticated software packages available and in use that did much more. Please can we call them something more accurate such as: “Electronic clinical record systems”?
Acknowledged and noted Oliver. We do often refer to them as Patient Management Systems (PMS) but the problem with that is that lots of doctors don’t know what we are talking about (true!). You make a good point and we’ll try to make it clear as we go forward on this important issue. In fact, I’d argue that Electronic Clinical Record System doesn’t do them justice either, these days. They are a hub of all things Patient Management. We’ll try harder.
Jeremy (Publisher)
