“…EDITOR,--We have six years of experience of open access echocardiography for general practitioners, so we read the paper by C M Francis and colleagues1 and the accompanying editorial by J R Hampton and A R Barlow2 with interest.…”
“…EDITOR,--We have six years of experience of open access echocardiography for general practitioners, so we read the paper by C M Francis and colleagues1 and the accompanying editorial by J R Hampton and A R Barlow2 with interest.…”
“…EDITOR,--For the past 10 months we have been offering general practitioners in the Brighton area an open access echocardiography service similar to those in Edinburgh1 and Nottingham 2. Ours differs principally in that we encourage referral for the evaluation of murmurs as well as heart failure.…”
“…It remains to be seen whether open access to investigations represents an effective use of expensive and scarce resources. Hampton and Barlow argue that specialists are most useful in giving an interpretation of the clinical problem with the aid of results of appropriately selected investigations 5. Another approach to general practitioners having improved access to cardiology services is to offer rapid open access to specialist clinical assessment and opinion.…”
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