Sounds wonderful. Please email details of your surgery contact details privately at your convenience so I can start referring. :-)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Duncan Guy Sent: Tuesday, 20 December 2005 7:31 PM To: General Practice Computing Group Talk Subject: Re: [GPCG_TALK] Switching practice software cost/justification I'm in Sydney, northwest/western. However I often see cardiac patients from all over NSW, especially from rural areas as I make a point of having appts free for the next day or two. Also get a few tertiary referrals from interstate, With regards technology, good to push the boundaries - fortunately we have formed a group of 30 specialists with shared infrastructure and aiming to spread in size and geographical area (doubled in size last 12 months). They are happy to indulge geeks provided there is improved workflow for staff and cost savings - hence my optimism we will be sending most letters back to GPs via encrypted secure email as per path and radiology within a month. We are also lookign at a system that allows Profile to look 3 days ahead, SMS each patient with a reminder of the place and time of appointment and ask for a yes or no confirmation. IF yes the appt is marked as confirmed, if NO then it is cancelled automagically ... gotta love technology .. when it works. Duncan Dr John Van Dyck wrote: > Sorry about lack of question mark after Duncan. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Dr John Van Dyck > Sent: Tuesday, 20 December 2005 6:37 PM > To: 'General Practice Computing Group Talk' > Subject: RE: [GPCG_TALK] Switching practice software cost/justification > > Where do you practice Duncan. I have often admired your innovative > approach, (for a specialist that is :-)) > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Duncan Guy > Sent: Tuesday, 20 December 2005 6:07 PM > To: General Practice Computing Group Talk > Subject: Re: [GPCG_TALK] Switching practice software cost/justification > > Ian, > > I switched from MD2 to Profile. We recently migrated our practice > management from BlueChip to Profile also. > > Having it all integrated like this is great and works really well. > > I chose Profile for a number of reasons > > 1) No ads > 2) 3 tier architecture > 3) Interbase backend (free) - but not limited to interbase - will run on > MS SQL etc if needed > 4) If you know some scripting you can customise to your hearts delight > 5) Ease of creation of custom forms that save info into EMR > 6) Competitive entry cost > 7) Willingness to integrate with secure email providers and other things > we require (SMS confirmation for patients etc) > > > We currently have 30 specialists and support staff running in 8 separate > locations via direct connection and managed VPN and all is working well > with good speed. > > Duncan Guy > > > > Ian Cheong wrote: > >>We are presently investigating possible migration options from MD2. >> >>On our short list: >>* MD3/pracsoft has the advantage of familiarity - which users seem to >>want to gravitate towards >>* Genie when we last asked a couple of months ago couldn't import >>medication lists from MD; users are a bit scared of the quirky interface >>* Best Practice has long term risks associated with longevity in the > > market > >>* others have failed to impress >> >>It's looking more like the devil you know versus the devil you don't and >>the dollars weigh heavily in some minds and advertising seems not a >>concern to others. >> >>What I would like is: >>* stories from switchers - good or bad >>* cost justification of alternatives to MD - preferably quantifiable >>productivity gains >> >>Any help greatly appreciated..... >> >> >>Ian. >> > > _______________________________________________ > Gpcg_talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk > > _______________________________________________ > Gpcg_talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk > > _______________________________________________ > Gpcg_talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk > _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk
