Richard Terry wrote:
Think outside the square. Record transfer is totally obsolete.
We should all be using a program like Profile, from a central server.
Regards
Richard
On Thursday 12 July 2007 10:14, Chris Scott wrote:
I'm interested in the views of the list members on the process of
transferring patient records electronically between Practices. Given
that most households move house once every four years and that Practices
are becoming more electronic, the days of handing over a paper file are
almost over. So if a patient goes to another practice how are records
transferred now and what will this look like in the future? - The
destination Practice might well have a different practice management
system using different protocols and standards of course.
Richard/Chris,
Earlier this year I did a successful transfer [mostly] of a GP's data to
her new practice, as she'd decided to go part-time. She'd asked
beforehand whether another practice would prefer paper or electronic.
The effort spent archiving and culling the paper, the remains of which
clutter her garage are testimony to the advice I gave her in advance.
The other practice wanted nothing to do with her paper records.
Getting her backup and extracting and merging her active patients took
me about 2 hours. All in MD2, of course.
As far as GPs having all their data stored for them in a central server,
and them accessing it via the Internet, two questions come to my mind:
1. Who controls the central server, the government or a pharmaceutical
company? Ultimately, if this practice became widespread, it would
ultimately devolve to one of the two, I'd suggest.
2. Will back-hoes be banned across the nation? They are the greatest
threat to such a scheme becoming widespread.
As for the future, that's anybody's guess. First probable waypoint, what
will be done with NEHTA. Other contenders, move to a government with a
vision about e-Health. Maybe the last is too optimistic?
Greg
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Information Management & Technology Program Officer
Canterbury Division of General Practice
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