The GP consultant

Paediatric consultant GP-hotline audit.

Is there a need for a GP consultant at a university hospital?

BACKGROUND Patients in hospital can develop complaints unrelated to the condition they are admitted for. The treating specialist will then call upon a co-specialist who is specialized in the clinical picture associated with the new complaint. For such a complaint, the GP is usually the first contact, when the patient is not in hospital. Normally specialists only encounter patients GPs have sele...

Matched comparison of GP and consultant rating of electronic discharge summaries.

Queensland Health is implementing a state-wide system to electronically generate and distribute discharge summaries. Previously, general practitioners (GPs) have indicated that the quality of the discharge summary does not support clinical handover. While the electronic system will address some issues (e.g. legibility and timeliness), the quality of the discharge summary content is predominantl...

The consultant as advocate.

Another second opinion consultation, you whisper to yourself as you prepare to greet the young patient who is awaiting your initial evaluation. Ben Stevenson was referred by a member of your study club. You recall reviewing this 11-year-old boy's radiographs early this morning. The film shows approximately 50% root development of the succedaneous teeth with immobile deciduous canines and molars...

The Machine Learning Toolbox Consultant

The Machine Learning Toolbox contains a set of ten Machine Learning algo rithms integrated with a common interface and common knowledge represen tation language An essential component of the Toolbox is the Consultant a knowledge based system that advises novice users about which algorithm they could use for a particular application We show how the Consultant s architecture evolved through its s...