It Looks To Me Like Some Are Using Yours And My Health Data Without Our Consent Or Knowledge.
A couple of months ago I published these two blogs: First: Friday, July 23, 2021 I Am Not Sure I Am Comfortable With (Private) Public Health Networks Holding All This Data. I noticed this during last week. Data hosting 17 June 2021 Primary Health Insights, the health data storage and analytics platform initiated and built by PHNs, is now operational. The roll out of the data onboarding process and governance audits has been completed and most of the 27 participating PHNs are now storing de-identified patient data, sourced from general practices, in their secure lockboxes. Lead by WAPHA, his has been the largest and most co...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - October 6, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
A project to explore patterns of use of online services in general practice across Surrey Heath CCG and barriers to their uptake
Public Health England -This project is in line with the national ambition to support the adoption of a range of technology initiatives in general practice. The aims of the project were to achieve a better understanding of the needs of segments of the population through: reviewing the evidence relating to the effectiveness of online services to support general practice; identifying groups that are more and less likely to use these services; analysing the use of online services by the Surrey Heath CCG population to identify any associations between patterns in usage and demographic factors; and conducting insight gathering w...
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - October 1, 2021 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Digital health and data Primary and community care Source Type: blogs
Now It Will Be Very Interesting To See Just What This Audit Reveals.
I spotted this last week: OAIC to commence GP Privacy Audits 25 August 2021 The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has announced its plan to audit General Practice clinics ’ compliance with My Health Record privacy obligations. The audits are being described by OAIC as ‘assessments’ and will focus on promoting good privacy practice. Under Rule 42(1) of the My Health Records Rule 2016, any healthcare provider organisation that uses the My Health Record System (in cluding GP clinics) must have a written access policy in place. That policy must ensure staff and contractors’ access to the MHR syst...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - September 3, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
Does This Mean That E-Prescribing Is Not Seen As Being Very Valuable?
This appeared last week. Further extension of electronic prescription subsidy The Department of Health will support general practices to prescribe via SMS until at least 30 June 2022. Morgan Liotta 10 Aug 2021 The number of electronic prescriptions being used in Australia is increasing by around 500,000 every week, and as of July 2021, more than 12 millionoriginal and repeat prescriptions have been issued.
To date, this growth has been supported by a Federal Government subsidy that has allowed general practices to prescribe via SMS without incurring additional costs.
However, there were concerns about the f...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - August 20, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
What To Make Of Telstra Health Buying Medical Director For $350 Million.
We first heard about this for sure here: Telstra secures deal to buy GP software group MedicalDirector Anthony Macdonald and Yolanda Redrup Aug 8, 2021 – 2.39pm Telecommunications bigwig Telstra is set to acquire Australian patient management software company MedicalDirector. Sources said Telstra and MedicalDirector’s owner, private equity firm Affinity Equity Partners, signed a deal over the weekend after an auction run by investment bank J efferies. Telstra chief executive Andy Penn has said that Telstra Health is a long-term bet. He’s now helping the business considerably increase its footprint in the general pra...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - August 18, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
A Big Deal - Telstra Health Buys Medical Director.
This just reported:
Telstra secures deal to buy GP software group MedicalDirector Anthony Macdonald and Yolanda Redrup Aug 8, 2021 – 2.39pm Telecommunications bigwig Telstra is set to acquire Australian patient management software company MedicalDirector.
Sources said Telstra and MedicalDirector’s owner, private equity firm Affinity Equity Partners, signed a deal over the weekend after an auction run by investment bank Je fferies.
Telstra chief executive Andy Penn has said that Telstra Health is a long-term bet. He ’s now helping the business considerably increase its footprint in the general practice secto...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - August 9, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
I Am Not Sure I Am Comfortable With (Private) Public Health Networks Holding All This Data.
I noticed this during last week. Data hosting 17 June 2021 Primary Health Insights, the health data storage and analytics platform initiated and built by PHNs, is now operational. The roll out of the data onboarding process and governance audits has been completed and most of the 27 participating PHNs are now storing de-identified patient data, sourced from general practices, in their secure lockboxes. Lead by WAPHA, his has been the largest and most complex national project undertaken by PHNs, and the first at this scale by PHNs operating as a collective. Ultimately, Primary Health Insights will allow PHNs to analyse the ...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - July 23, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
A wait on your mind?: a realistic proposal for tackling the elective backlog
Policy Exchange -This research looks at the entirety of the patient pathway and proposes a package of policy recommendations. These range from how to best address the bottleneck in general practice and diagnostics, to the method of clinical prioritisation, the communication with the patient, the role for pre-habilitation, and then finally considers the policy framework which should underpin an expansion in elective care capacity over the medium term.ReportPolicy Exchange - publications (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - July 22, 2021 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Patient involvement, experience and feedback Source Type: blogs
I Think I Have Said That We Need 50% Usage Of E-Prescriptions To Declare Them Success. Are We There Yet?
I first looked at this in March. See here: https://aushealthit.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-news-on-eprescribing-continues-to.html And my comment on what would look like success – in the blog title – is here – again in March: https://www.ausdoc.com.au/practice/have-you-written-escript-yet-12000-gps-have This interesting collection of partially useful updated statistics appeared last week. Huge rise in ‘very helpful’ electronic prescribing The number of electronic prescriptions being used in Australia is increasing by 500,000 every week. Jolyon Attwooll 14 Jul 2021 The continued growth of electronic prescriptions is b...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - July 21, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
The Science of Clinical Intuition
By HANS DUVEFELT
In 2002, Dr. Trisha Greenhalgh published a piece in the British Journal of General Practice titled Intuition and Evidence – Uneasy Bedfellows? In it she writes eloquently about the things Christer Petersson and I have written articles on and emailed each other about. He mentioned her name and also Italian philosopher Lisa Bortolotti, and I got down to some serious reading. These two remarkable thinkers have described very eloquently how clinical intuition actually works and describe it as an advanced, instantaneous form of pattern recognition.
Clinical Intuition (should we start calling t...
Source: The Health Care Blog - July 5, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Medical Practice Physicians Primary Care Hans Duvefelt Source Type: blogs
It ’s Wonderful To See How Even The #myHealthRecord Evangelists Hedge The Benefits They Are Seeing. They Are All Praying For Something Better!
This appeared last week: Podcasts • My Health Record My Health Record: General practice Published 23 June 2021 Discover how My Health Record benefits both patients and doctors with advice from leading health professionals using this system in general practice. Speakers:Dr Andrew Rochford (Facilitator), Dr Peter Del Fante (Clinical Reference Lead, General Practitioner, Public Health Physician), Dr Charlotte Hespe (Director, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners Board), Dr Christine Pascott (Agency Board Member) and Dr Mike Bainbridge (Agency Board Member). Subscribe and listen to the podcast on SoundCloud...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - July 2, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
Enhanced service specification: long Covid 2021/22
NHS England and NHS Improvement - This enhanced service specification aims to support general practice in managing long Covid.SpecificationMore detail (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - June 22, 2021 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Covid-19 Primary and community care Source Type: blogs
Racism and discrimination: the experience of primary care professionals in the Humberside region
This report highlights discrimination faced by staff and patients from ethnic minority backgrounds in general practice. It finds that respondents reported experiences of discrimination in a wide range of areas such as training, working patterns and complaints and it calls for a zero tolerance approach to tackle racism in all its forms. ReportPress release (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - May 5, 2021 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Equality and diversity Primary and community care Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs
Pandemic patient experience II: from lockdown to vaccine roll-out
Patients Association - In 2020, patients told the Patients Association about their experiences of living with health and care needs during the Covid-19 pandemic. Their testimony painted a bleak picture in many ways. This follow-up survey (drawing on 453 responses, submitted over February, March and early April 2021) finds that many aspects of their experiences are not much better, and some are worse. General practice services remains difficult for many, and patients overall do not regard remote consultations as an adequate replacement for in-person appointments.ReportMore detail (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - May 4, 2021 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Covid-19 Patient involvement, experience and feedback Source Type: blogs
This Looks Like Another Rather Pathetic Attempt From The ADHA To Make The #myHeathRecord More Relevant Than It Is!
I spotted this last week: Managing COVID-19 vaccine data in My Health Record: essential information for general practice 16 March 2021 NWMPHN Primary Health Care Improvement team The Australian Government has announced that it is mandatory under the Australian Immunisation Register Act 2015 to report all COVID-Vaccine encounters to the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR). From July 2021, it will be mandatory for all immunisation encounters to be uploaded. You can record information on the AIR: using your practice management softwareby direct upload using Health Professional Online Services (HPOS) on...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - March 26, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
