I notice the red tape review was dated 2003, made specific note of:
• There does not appear to be a standard approach by departments and agencies to designing forms and collecting information from GPs. (Finding 6.8) • A set of guidelines should be developed (possibly by the Department of Health and Ageing) to facilitate, when appropriate, the standardisation of information collection and form design across departments and agencies. (Recommendation 6.6) • The extent to which information technology is used for GP administrative activities differs among Commonwealth departments and agencies, and among GP practices. The reliance on paper-based systems is still extensive. (Finding 6.9) • Departments and agencies should examine options to accelerate the use of information technology in reporting by GPs, including integrating forms into computer software used by GPs, and allowing more forms to be submitted electronically when there is a net benefit. (Recommendation 6.7) Oh, how slowly things progress. Centrelink would be easily the worst offender. jh _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk
