Data Content and Exchange in General Practice: a Review

BACKGROUND: efficient communication of data is inevitable requirement for general practice. Any issue in data content and its exchange among GP and other related entities hinders continuity of patient care. METHODS: literature search for this review was conducted on three electronic databases including Medline, Scopus and Science Direct. RESULTS: through reviewing papers, we extracted information on the GP data content, use cases of GP information exchange, its participants, tools and methods, incentives and barriers. CONCLUSION: considering importance of data content and exchange for GP systems, it seems that more research is needed to be conducted toward providing a comprehensive framework for data content and exchange in GP systems.