Green Book

Setting up the practice for preventive care - Chapter 5.1

Introduction

Guidelines for the implementation of prevention in the general practice setting
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Last revised: 01 May 2018

Key point

Just as the whole practice is involved in preventive care, the practice’s physical and digital environments can be also be adapted to improve prevention.

The Green Book brings together two main themes: prevention and implementation.

Both of these sit within QI and are inherently associated with behaviour change.

In this chapter, we explore ways practice team members can work together to manage patient information and create an environment (physical and digital) to support preventive care.

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