Crunching data on your patients and their needs can help target resources or plan services, says Dr Peter Smith.
Learning objectives
This article will help you build up a detailed picture of your patients and their needs, including the following:
- Local health and demographics
- Public health data
- Practice-level data
- Practice-generated data
This module will be free for all registered members of Pulse Learning until 30 November 2011.
Author
Dr Peter Smith is a GP in Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, and vice-president of the National Association of Primary Care.
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