At 8:47 pm +0930 1/5/06, Oliver Frank wrote:
Ian Cheong wrote:
I presume that one has to nominate a proper prescribing package of
some form - ie not just use a word processor or something in order
for the govt to pay up.
As far as I know, practices don't have to declare which prescribing
software package they are using when they are applying to join the
PIP. This means they were not actually using prescribing software
and instead writing prescriptions by hand (do you really believe
that any practice at all has ever just typed prescriptions in a word
processor?), they would be discovered only if and when any
inspectors from Medicare looked at some of their prescriptions or
visited the practice.
Note that according to the information that I quoted, we can not use
*an* approved prescribing software package - it must be "THE
standard approved prescribing software" - see below.
"Two of the associates are interested in clinical computing. There is
a computer in each consulting room, and these are networked so that
clinical records can be accessed from any room. All GPs use the
>> standard approved prescribing software."
I really don't think I would read much into it - it is just meant to
be an example of scenarios where not everybody is on board and how
they might figure out the payment.
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