I think all pathol/rraiol/specialists should provie rolls of stickers with a phone no and a map. Then it would be easier to use plain paper referrals. jh On Mon, 6 Mar 2006 20:15, Wal Tracey wrote: > Richard > > There are significant financial advantages for radiology & pathology > providers to have electronic referrals. saves them inputting data > On the other hand as Andrew Nolan wrote how else will the patients > know where to go unless they have a piece of paper. > > The solution is to print a piece of paper for the patient and mark it > with your 'x' and send an encrypted request form to the radiology/ > pathology provider at the same time all in the one procedure. This > is doable now with Argus as the request is really only a referral and > the software providers would be able to implement this easily with a > print & email option > 1 Medicare have their pathetically insecure piece of paper with the > doctors mark upon it to satisfy their 'regulations' > 2 The patients have their piece of paper to stick on the fridge > 3 the radiology/pathology providers have saved a gazillion in > inputting costs > 4 the GP does not have to use an individual certificate or card reader > > everybody happy - not likely - but it is a suggestion > > on the subject of request forms we have reformatted printing ( in > Genie) to use A5 paper; half the paper used and saved a few more > Tasmanian blue gums > > > Wal > > On 06/03/2006, at 9:22 PM, Richard Hosking wrote: > > AS I have said before - look at the workflow. > > The patient is the messenger of the request - why send it > > separately via E mail? > > If it arrives separately, the radiology practice now has to worry > > whether the pt will turn up. > > They have the address and contact details on the form - indeed the > > forms are DESIGNED to be used this way. > > > > R > > > > Andrew Nolan wrote: > >> How else will patients know where to go unless they have a piece > >> of paper? Although we receive results via HL7 and PIT, there > >> appears no way to upload requests using the same technology. > >> I take it that the folks from doha are looking at slashing radiology. > >> > >> On 06/03/2006, at 8:50 PM, Peter MacIsaac wrote: > >> > >> > >> GPCG members, > >> I would appreciate a little help. I am involved in a project > >> looking at a range of issues around radiology referrals. I would > >> intend passing on the report for comment when drafted. > >> However in > >> the meanwhile there has been a steady increase in the cost of > >> radiology services over recent years. We are looking for likely > >> hypotheses from the coal face as to what might explain this. > >> Another glaringly obvious issue is the lack of electronic > >> referrals to radiologists – we are not sure to what is the extent > >> of computer generation of printed request forms, and there seems > >> to be little electronic transfer occurring. > >> Any ideas appreciated. If people send them directly to > >> me I will > >> collate and return to the list for comment to reduce traffic. > >> > >> Regards > >> Peter MacIsaac > >> MacIsaac Informatics > >> > >> Consulting in Health Informatics, Terminology & Data management > >> and Health Policy. > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> 0411403462 (mobile) > >> 61611327 (office) > >> peter_macisaac (skype) > >> 8 Ewart St. Yarralumla 2600 > >> > >> "We trained hard, but it seemed every time we were beginning to > >> form up into teams, we would be reorganised. I was to learn later > >> in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganising, > >> and a wonderful method it can be for creation the illusion of > >> progress while producing confusion, inefficiency and > >> demoralisation." > >> > >> - >From Pertonii Arbitri AD 66, attributed to Gaius Petronus, a > >> Roman General who later committed suicide. > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 > > Wal Tracey > Norpalms > 25 Barker Road > Howard Springs > > Ph 08 89831416 > Fx 08 89814752 > email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-- RICK: Look, do you mind going. I mean I suspect if we wanted you to come in then we would have said something like - "Hi, Christian, come in". But we didn't, did we, so why don't you take a running jump with yourself in a lake. CHRISTIAN: No thank you. I'm going to sit here until we've all been saved. _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk
