Please note that you will be receiving some emails over the next few days with your access details to the National Health Services Directory. The emails will contain more information about the directory, how to access it, and some dates for training around using the directory’s back end. In summary, this is the outcome from … Continue reading
Some information around secure messaging and directories: Please note that although the long term plan is to consolidate the information held in the two sources below, currently and for the immediate foreseeable future, both directories need to be kept updated. The table below simplifies and summarises key information about the two directories. We will forward … Continue reading
Today’s media release from the RACGP. 16 October 2013 Australia’s general practice (GP) leaders are calling on the Government to heed concerns raised by GPs regarding the significant clinical utility issues associated with the Personally Controlled eHealth Record (PCEHR) system and address them as an urgent priority. At a recent United General Practice Australia (UGPA) … Continue reading
A GP from the NT has developed an app that might make it easier for you to search for and store MBS item numbers that you commonly utilise. The idea is to make it easier for GPs to appropriately utilise MBS item numbers. You can also print out a cheat sheet of numbers. Please click … Continue reading
Please see the email below from Pen Computer systems. Pen Computer Systems would like to thank all of our users who completed our Data Cleansing Survey, with a special thank you to Judy Evans from the RACGP. Judy planted the seed and inspired Pen Computer Systems to take on our Cleansing CAT journey. The … Continue reading
Please note that you will need to register on the ACCRM website to access either of the modules below. NACCHO All the information contained in the training packages and videos, plus more, viewed in NACCHOs Online Training Module produced with Australian College of Remote and Rural Medicine. It is a nicely structured way of working … Continue reading
Thank you to NTML for running the following scenarios through NeHTA & DoHA, and sharing their responses. Questions: Children under the age of 14 years • Can health professionals view and add information to the PCEHR without the parent present (i.e. child comes in with someone who is not their parent)? Disability/Aged Care • … Continue reading
We will be putting up a few videos demonstrating how the PCEHR is utilised form within Communicare v13.4. Here is the first. It includes: 1) Opening a clients Communicare clinical record 2) Opening a clients PCEHR record from within Communicare 3) Navigating the PCEHR read panel from Communicare v13.4 Please note that whilst this information … Continue reading
You’ve probably been hearing about EPAS for a while now, and certainly a couple of days ago there was a lot of media coverage in SA about the Noarlunga Hospital trialling EPAS. Here is some information on EPAS, in non-tech speak. What is EPAS? Electronic Patient Administration System. Think of it as a sort of … Continue reading
We’ve added some detail about eRX and ETP, what they are and how to register for them. ETP is one of the criteria necessary to be eligible for ePIP payments. It is as yet unclear how this will affect services who self-dispense. To read more about this topic, click eRX and the Electronic Transfer of … Continue reading
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