Attitudes and practices of recording diabetic patient information within an Australian general practice setting: an exploratory study.

Background: An accurate diabetes register enables a general practice to effectively monitor and manage the services for their patients with diabetes. This pilot project builds on the National Primary Care Collaboratives Program (a quality improvement programme for general practice) as the first change principle for managing chronic diseases.

Objectives: The main aim of the project was to improve the systems management of electronic registers of people with diabetes in the general practice setting.