Some final advice (1) As all good research starts with a clear hypothesis so good audit starts with a clear statement of the problem. (2) If the results of the audit cycle cannot be expressed as a percentage improvement in the problem the audit was probably badly executed. (The most obvious exception is assessment of consultations.) (3) Practice management and the team must be allowed to decide...

The PREPaRe system (Personal Repository for Electronic Patient Records) is a patient-oriented internet-based information system that is able to store, combine, process and visualize all types of medical data that are part of a ”personal electronic medical record”. This paper discusses the integration of data acquisition, data preprocessing and visualization aspects using XML technology.