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Piling high: a general practice registrar's unsolicited mail.

Amanda M Torkington¹, Robyn G Preston, David T Brandts-Giesen

¹School of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia. amanda.torkington@jcu.edu.au

The Medical Journal of Australia

|December 15, 2010

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General practitioners receive significant unsolicited mail, primarily from pharmaceutical companies and medical publications. Reducing this mail could improve time management and reduce frustration for Australian GPs.

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Published on: October 6, 2023

Area of Science:

Medical Practice Management
Information Overload in Healthcare
General Practice Research

Background:

General practitioners (GPs) in Australia receive substantial amounts of unsolicited mail.
This mail includes pharmaceutical correspondence, medical tabloids, and free journals.
The impact of this unsolicited mail on GP workload and practice efficiency is not well quantified.

Purpose of the Study:

To quantify the volume, types, and weight of unsolicited mail received by a general practice registrar.
To determine the proportion of unsolicited mail content that is actually read by the recipient.
To assess the potential benefits of reducing unsolicited mail for Australian GPs.

Main Methods:

A prospective, descriptive study was conducted over seven months (March-September 2010).
Unsolicited mail sent directly to a general practice registrar in rural North Queensland was collected.
Mail was categorized, weighed, and the proportion of content read was assessed.

Main Results:

A total of 196 items of unsolicited mail, weighing 19.85 kg, were received.
Pharmaceutical company correspondence (36%) and medical tabloids/free journals (34%) were the most frequent categories.
Medical tabloids and journals constituted the largest weight (78%), with only 5% of all items having more than half their content read.

Conclusions:

The study indicates that unsolicited mail represents a significant burden on general practitioners.
Reducing unsolicited mail could enhance GP time management and decrease frustration.
Environmental benefits may also be realized through a reduction in mail volume.