John Mackenzie wrote:
As a GP "consumer" who is keen to see the wider
adoption of secure email, the above dialogue and
cooperation between providers seems a good thing.
And once there is interoperability between the above
2 providers, then all barriers to the adoption of one
of the above solutions will dissolve, ie. it won't matter
that much which one you choose - just get on with it!
John Mac
John,
We are currently using Argus with our Cardiab diabetes messaging
project. I have tried MO also, and like what it has to offer too.
To embark on a secure messaging project with a wider scope for our GPs,
in the heart of urban Sydney and its thousands of specialists, we would
need to have the resources to identify the referral patterns of our GPs,
then select a group of key specialists to approach on our members'
behalf, assuming that they wanted us to do this.
Supporting the promotion, installation and roll-out would be the other
parts of such a project. At the moment, and in the absence of any
additional funding to do the work we won't be taking this step.
I suspect that secure messaging will gain momentum in regional and rural
areas, then as word gets around it will start to become more viable in
the big smoke. Nonetheless, all developments in this arena, such as the
ones that we've heard about are very welcome and heartening news indeed.
I'm sure both products will develop further and increased
interoperability will help things progress.
I hope this reaches the point where Medicare's rules about using their
dongles for electronic Medicare referrals will no longer seem like a
problem to most of us. I also hope they eventually implement their
promise to allow user-generated keys, as Horst's point in this regard is
completely valid.
Greg
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Canterbury Division of General Practice
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