Background: efficient communication of data is inevitable requirement for general practice. Any issue in data content and its exchange among GP and other related entities hinders continuity of patient care.
Methods: literature search for this review was conducted on three electronic databases including Medline, Scopus and Science Direct.
Results: through reviewing papers, we extracted information on the GP data content, use cases of GP information exchange, its participants, tools and methods, incentives and barriers.
Conclusion: considering importance of data content and exchange for GP systems, it seems that more research is needed to be conducted toward providing a comprehensive framework for data content and exchange in GP systems.
Keywords: data content; data exchange; data flow; data model; family care; family doctor; general practice; general practitioner; information content; information exchange; information flow; primary care.