Greg Our division has done what you propose. We had an information evening at PoW hospital one evening. Every specialist in our area was invited to attend. Large number did not bother. The ones that did listened to various of GP's complaints / wish lists (incl. electronic messaging) & vice versa. It is now many months later. Success rate (ie. increased number of specialist using E-mail for correspondance)= 0% (zero %). Over the last 10 years I have asked, begged many specialists to use electrnic messaging. The current few specialist that does useelectronic messaging was because of my initial begging.
Some other areas (eg. St Vincents') has a much higher cooperation rate. Cedric -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Twyford Sent: Monday, 30 April 2007 4:31 PM To: General Practice Computing Group Talk Subject: Re: [GPCG_TALK] Argus vs. Medical Objects 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 -- Greg Twyford Information Management & Technology Program Officer Canterbury Division of General Practice E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ph.: 02 9787 9033 Fax: 02 9787 9200 PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL *********************************************************************** The information contained in this e-mail and their attached files, including replies and forwarded copies, are confidential and intended solely for the addressee(s) and may be legally privileged or prohibited from disclosure and unauthorised use. If you are not the intended recipient, any form of reproduction, dissemination, copying, disclosure, modification, distribution and/or publication or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance upon this message or its attachments is prohibited. All liability for viruses is excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law. *********************************************************************** _______________________________________________ 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
