*Howz Argus going?*
Health sector interest in Argus is growing more rapidly than ever before
and there seems to be a market ‘buz’ that Argus is on the brink of
really taking off.
More and more Divisions, driven by requests from their GP members, are
mounting initiatives to encourage their specialist colleagues to join
them and get connected to send reports to GPs securely via Argus.
We now have deployment projects taking place in:
. Darwin and northern NT
. Townsville area Qld
. Toowoomba area Qld
. Coffs Harbour area NSW
. Nowra/Bowral/NSW South coast
. Canberra/Queenbeyan/Merimbula/Cooma
. Griffith NSW
. Brighton area of Melbourne
. Mornington Peninsular area Vic
. Bendigo/Castlemaine area
. Hobart Tas
. NE Adelaide area
Message-types currently being utilized in these settings are:
. Pathology reports to GPs
. Radiology reports to GPs
. Hospital discharge/birth/death notifications to GPs
. Emergency Dept encounter notes to GPs
. Notifications of infectious diseases to State Health
. Specialists reports to GPs
. Adverse drug reaction reports to TGA
. Care plans to care teams
. Allied Health provider reports to GPs
. Aged care institution encounter notes to GPs
Despite NeHTAs announcements about Web Services, Argus is still being
implemented by 5 State/Territory Health Departments for various
applications and we are the messaging system of choice for 3 of the
current HealthConnect projects. All these jurisdictions accept our
assurances that we will move to NeHTA compliance when that is fully
articulated, but in the meantime they need to get on with it using a
facility that is available and affordable.
We now have 10 staff, and we are very proud of the fact that our Help
Desk support guys continue to get flattering comments about their
skills, user-focus and helpfulness. We also now have 43 Certified Argus
Installers around Australia; these being IT people in Divisions, path
practices and external IT consultants who have gone through our CAI
training course and are now certified to have the skills to assist if
that is needed.
Argus is starting to achieve that critical mass where the sector is
realizing that we are viable, have a robust and quality product and are
succeeding. Above all, they are now hearing our message that clinical
messaging is fundamental infrastructure for health; not a profit-earning
opportunity for entrepreneurs.
We are happy with progress but are impatient to do a lot more.
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Ross Davey
CEO
ArgusConnect Pty Ltd
Ph: 03 5335 2220
Mob: 0417 548608
Web: www.argusconnect.com.au
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Oliver wrote:
Ross Davey wrote on 31/8/2005:
The pronouncements of NeHTA regarding messaging standards and "Web
services' have severely impacted the confidence of significant
stakeholders in Argus such that it now threatens Argus's future.
Firstly AAPP, who were on the brink of wholesale private pathology
industry support of Argus, (because it demonstrated the best opportunity
to immediately start communicating with GPs in a non-partisan manner),
have backed-off and are reviewing their support for Argus.
***
Ian Cheong wrote to this list on 1/9/2005:
Since Argus has had significant public funding,
NeHTA should be pushing Argus and the single Commonwealth rep on the
NeHTA board has the power to do this if they so desire.
***
Ross, can you give us an update on what has happened since early September with
Argus?
Oliver Frank, general practitioner
255 North East Road, Hampstead Gardens
South Australia 5086
Ph. 08 8261 1355 Fax 08 8266 5149
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