https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/21962 2026-04-11T03:03:27Z 2026-04-11T03:03:27Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/22012 2017-09-27T01:32:00Z 2000-06-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Transhis : the Maltese experience with ICPC-2 Abstract: Since its formation in 1990, the Malta College of Family Doctors has strived to promote and improve the standard of Family Medicine practised in Malta. The concept of keeping good quality medical records is central to achieving this goal. A udit, essential for quality assurance, is almost impossible without medical records, and similarly research is also difficult without data from records to provide information about the population under study. It is not surprising then, that record-keeping was always considered important to allow development of Family Medicine as a discipline. Unfortunately, only a few doctors outside hospital regularly keep medical records. In the Government Health Centres, record keeping is very rudimentary, and has improved very little over the years. A minority of self-employed family doctors keep medical records, but most of those that do use a manual system of sorts, such as a card-file system. Such systems make data retrieval for analysis laborious, and also prone to errors. Recently, the availability of database development software has allowed solo practitioners to develop customised electronic medical record solutions. Furthermore, a handful of professional medical software packages have become available on the local market during the last few years. However, there is no standard for data storage and retrieval, and most of these programs are incompatible. In addition, there was no consensus about a classification system to use and most solutions do not incorporate an international classification to allow data to be summarised and analysed.

2000-06-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/22001 2017-09-27T01:31:59Z 2000-06-01T00:00:00Z

Title: History of medical data collection in the Maltese Islands Abstract: The collection of medical information is today an essential administrative tool, allowing the state, department or the individual practitioner to audit the prevalent practice and to assess the level of health care, identify problems and focus on priorities for improvements. These objectives can be reached by the collection of event-oriented databases that can have several levels, each with its utility status. These levels may include (1) demographic data and vital event registration, and (2) clinical event-oriented data. The move towards the collection of person-oriented medical data ensures that the collected data- base can be extended to better serve the medical needs of the individual patient.

2000-06-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/21995 2017-09-27T01:31:55Z 2000-06-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Guidelines for the management of gestational diabetes in Malta Abstract: The Maltese population has repeatedly been shown to have an overall higher prevalence of DM/ IGT, mainly of the Non-Insulin Dependent form. This higher prevalence is reflected in the pregnant population. Epidemiological studies have suggested that the prevalence of DM/IGT in the Maltese pregnant population approximates 6%, including a small proportion of pre-existing DM.

2000-06-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/21967 2019-11-01T08:43:16Z 2000-06-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Piloting GP surveillance for influenza-like illness : Malta 1999-2000 season Abstract: Through a joint effort of a team of three private GPs, the Department of Public Health and the Department of Virology at SLH, an attempt was made to survey the influenza season in Malta through epidemiological and virological means. The main objectives of the endeavour were: 1. Enhancing the process of influenza notification 2. Describing the epidemiology from private practitioners' perspectives 3. Obtaining virological evidence to support epidemiological findings 4. Piloting for the first time sentinel surveillance in general

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