Primary Care Patient Records in the United Kingdom: Past, Present, and Future Research Priorities (Preprint)

Abstract

This article briefly outlines the history of the medical record and the factors contributing to the adoption of computerised records in primary care in the United Kingdom. It discusses how both paper-based and electronic health records have traditionally been used in the past and goes on to examine how enabling patients to access their own primary care records online is changing the form and function of the patient record. It looks at the evidence for the benefits of online access and discusses some of the challenges faced in this transition. Finally, some suggestions are made regarding the future of the patient record and research questions that need to be addressed to help deepen our understanding of how they can be used more beneficially by both patients and clinicians.

The frequency and stellar-mass dependence of boxy/peanut-shaped bulges in barred galaxies

“…Is this unusual, or is it something to be expected given other attributes of the Galaxy? Since most estimates for its stellar mass lie in the range 5-6.5 × 10 10 M (e.g., Flynn et al 2006;McMillan 2011;Licquia & Newman 2015;McMillan 2016), the logistic fit of Section 4.1 for f bars (B/P) as a function of the stellar mass would predict probabilities of 0.79-0.86 for the Galaxy's bar to host a B/P bulge; the observed frequency for that mass range is 0.88. This suggests that our galaxy is quite typical in having a B/P bulge.…”