That's because you are in Melbourne, the rest of us miss out electronic downloads. The rest of Australia doesnt exist.
Except that after writing yesterdays email on this subject, I phoned Symbion Dorevitch (Melbourne) and requested download of latest result posted as paper, and lo, an electronic version appeared - so they CAN do it, but you have to ask each time :( felicity Goswell RN DipPracMgt FAAPM Practice Nurse/Manager Nillo Surgery www.drsref.com.au >-- Original Message -- >Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2007 10:02:07 +1100 >From: John Mackenzie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: General Practice Computing Group Talk <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [GPCG_TALK] Electronic communication with the National Bowel > Cancer Screening Program Register >Reply-To: General Practice Computing Group Talk <[email protected]> > > >Excellent letter, Oliver. > >The only communication I have had with the Bowel Cancer >Screening Program (other than the usual blurb announcing the >program launch) has been to receive occult faecal blood test >results from our local pathology laboratories via the usual >electronic downloads. > >John Mac > >> Oliver Frank wrote: > >> Dear National Bowel Cancer Screening Program, >> >> I have just learned that the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program >> Register is planning to communicate with GPs on paper. As I >> understand it, the Register is intending to send GPs paper forms to >> complete, intending to ask GPs to write to it on paper about patients >> and intending to deliver test results on paper. >> >> Did you know that the federal government has devoted millions of >> dollars to e-Health, that almost all general practices receive their >> pathology results electronically and that there is massive activity >> around the country in implementing electronic clinical messaging >> systems that are helping to improve the quality of care by making >> communication faster, cheaper and more reliable and the communicated >> information more useable? >> >> In view of these developments in electronic communication within the >> health system, can you explain the reasons for your decision to >> communicate on paper or via a Web page that is merely the electronic >> equivalent of filling in a paper form? >> >> What GPs want, need and expect from the National Bowel Cancer >> Screening Program Register is intelligent electronic communication as >> the default method of communication. Intelligent electronic >> communication is happening now by using templates that automatically >> assemble for transmission the required information about each patient >> from that which we have already entered into our practice computer >> systems, and then sending that assembled information via an electronic >> clinical messaging system. >> >> There are a number electronic clinical messaging systems available in >> Australia. The Argus clinical messaging system is the leader in >> desirable features, including the facts that it is the only >> non-commercial system in wide use and that it imposes no charges to >> send or receive messages. I suggest that the National Bowel Cancer >> Screening Program Register urgently discusses its messaging needs with >> the provider of Argus, ArgusConnect (www.argusconnect.com.au). >> >> Please will you reply and let me know the Program's and the Register's >> attitude to this issue and what action the Program and the Register >> are taking to implement intelligent electronic communication with GPs? >> >> > >_______________________________________________ >Gpcg_talk mailing list >[email protected] >http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk
