> What is the 'lists' understanding of whose legal responsibility it is > to monitor the receipt of inbound messages (Path, DI, DS etc) into > Practice software from download applications? > It appears that generally download applications will normally notify > the sender of receipt. The GP clinical software may or may not be set > up or capable to pass acknowledgement back through the system to the > sender.
It's the GP's responsibility who requests the investigation ... He/she must have systems in place to ensure that the investigation is indeed performed (if it is of vital importance), that the result has been obtained and notified to the patient, and that the patient has understood any further advice that may pertain to the result so obtained and duly notified. This responsibility has clearly been dumped on the GP by our esteemed judiciary, and for the GP to not to ensure that the above "loop" has been fully completed has been stamped as neglect which could entitle neglected patients to $millions in the event of an adverse medical outcome. Welcome to general practice. John Mac _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk
