GP's ideal: no computer, no phone.(General Practitioners traditional way of treatment)(Brief Article)

Australian Doctor,  February, 2006  by Limprecht, Eleanor

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By Eleanor Limprecht

A GP who shunned modern technology in favour of old-fashioned patient care has retired from full-time practice at the age of 70, without ever having had a computer or a phone in his consulting room.

Dr Kevan Fleming, who was a GP in the Western Sydney suburb of Mt Prichard for 33 years, said his practice was better for the lack of modern distractions and patients were better off as well.

While Federal Health Minister Mr Tony Abbott lamented the 'disappointingly slow' uptake of e-health initiatives, claiming computers on GPs' desks were sometimes 'little ...

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