Computerization and the future of primary care: A survey of general practitioners in the UK.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe the opinions of British general practitioners regarding the potential of future technology to replace key tasks carried out in primary care.

Design

Cross sectional online survey.

Participants

1,474 registered GPs in the United Kingdom.

Main outcome measures

Investigators measured GPs' opinions about the likelihood that future technology will be able to fully replace-not merely aid-the average GP in performing six primary care tasks; in addition, if GPs considered replacement for a particular task likely, the survey measured opinions about how many years from now this technological capacity might emerge.

Results

A total of 720 (49%) responded to the survey. Most GPs believed it unlikely that technology will ever be able to fully repl

SUBMITTER: Blease C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6291067 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature