Hi Tim,
My understanding is that some pressure from DoHA (like how bad the agreement on community pharmacy for the next few years could look for Guild members got it quietly shelved).
Would be curious if anyone knows for sure?
Cheers
David
---- Dr David G More MB, PhD, FACHI Phone +61-2-9438-2851 Fax +61-2-9906-7038 Skype Username : davidgmore E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] HealthIT Blog - www.aushealthit.blogspot.com On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 14:56:31 +1000, Tim Churches wrote:
> Greg Twyford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> Pharmacy rep thought it had to maintain the patients' freedom of choice, not to direct the script to a particular pharmacy. The health department rep
>> referred to "some kind of electronic holding point, or mailbox" and that the "security measures still had to be completed". Sounds like a centralised
>> system is envisaged, which was where they'd gotten to with "HealthConnect' before they scrapped it, and God knows what technology will be involved.
>>
>
> Or MediConnect. Which reminds me, did the patent which the Pharmacy Guild applied for on e-script business process ever issue (i.e. was it granted)? I know
> that I looked into lodging an opposition to the patent application until I found out how much it costs to oppose a patent and the additional financial
> jeopardy which lodging a patent opposition can put one into (all costs can be awarded against you...).
>
> Tim C
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