Clinical autonomy for General Practitioners
Criterion 1.4.2
Our practice ensures that all GPs in our practice can exercise autonomy in decisions that affect clinical care.
Indicators
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| A |
Our GP(s) are free to determine:
The specialists and other health professionals to whom they refer
The pathology, diagnostic imaging or other investigations they order, and the provider they use
How and when to schedule follow up appointments with individual patients
Whether to accept new patients (subject to criterion 2.1.1) (interview). |
| B |
Our GP(s) are consulted about:
The scheduling of appointments
The equipment and supplies that our practice uses (interview). |
| C |
Our practice has a written policy that confirms that our GP(s) can exercise autonomy in decisions that affect clinical care, within the parameters of evidence based medicine (document review). |
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