Practice tip. Diabetes register and recall.

The majority of general practices now have their patients' details entered on a computer database. These details often include a patient's age, sex, allergies, medications, diagnoses and dates of visits. Accessing this information by the general practitioner can prove useful for a variety of purposes including audits, notifications and research. Most medical software available has the capacity to search a database using specified criteria. The following practice tip is a guide to setting up this search process using the commonly used Medical Director software.