Electronic referral (E-referral)

Page content: Overview | E-Referral workshop for project managers & PCP staff | Statewide forum on electronic referral | Contact

Overview

Electronic referral (e-referral) is being undertaken in agencies and some hospital based services throughout Victoria. In some areas, such as the Western Metro Region and the Eastern Metro Region, e-referral is well established, with pockets of “best practice” in place. The e-referral systems developed as part of the PCP strategy are based on the statewide Service Coordination Tool Templates. More than 300 agencies are using the Service Coordination Tool Templates, of which more than 80 are implementing e-referral. The Service Coordination Tool Templates are available in over 30 agency software applications including six popular GP clinical applications.

E-Referral workshop for project managers and PCP staff

An e-referral workshop was held on Wednesday the 14th of September 2005.

The purpose of the workshop was to provide relevant information to project, agency and PCP staff who are directly involved in implementing e-referral activities in key agencies across the state.

List of presentations

HealthSMART and CMS implementation
Barbara Allan DHS Office of Health Information Systems
(Delivering centrally managed applications for financial, patient/client and clinical systems)

HealthSMART and CMS implementation (428kb, MS Powerpoint)

Human Services Directory (HSD) update
Tasneem Allie, Sonya Robinson Database Consultants Australia (DCA)
(Overview of the DHS statewide electronic health service directory)

Live Demonstration (no presentation available) go to link http://humanservicesdirectory.vic.gov.au/

GP Divisions
Melinda Rolland Lenora Lippmann General Practice Divisions Victoria (GPDV)
(Strategies for engaging GP Divisions, update on GP Initiatives which promote IT and connectivity, promoting links between State and Commonwealth initiatives)

GP Divisions (661kb, MS Powerpoint)

SCTT Revision
Jane Canaway DHS Primary Health Branch
(Discussion of the review process and adapting the SCTT to reflect practice needs)

SCTT Revision (147kb, MS Powerpoint)

ICT and Connectivity
Ken Knott DHS Office of Health Information Systems
(Overview of the Whole of Health Information and Communication Strategy and the provision of WAN infrastructure for Health Services and primary care agencies)

ICT and Connectivity (117kb, MS Powerpoint)

HL7 Messaging & the SCTT
Jane Darby Collaborative Centre for E-Heatlh
(Messaging standards, SCTT and Implementation)

HL7 Messaging & the SCTT (108kb, MS Powerpoint)

E-Referral overview
Barry Robbins DHS Grampians Regional Office
(Statewide update, building blocks, critical issues)

E-Referral overview (92kb, MS Powerpoint)

For further information about the workshop please contact:
Harry Patsamanis
Telephone: (61 3) 9096 8041

Statewide forum on electronic referral

The Department of Human Services (DHS) has funded a range of electronic referral projects in Victoria mainly through Service Coordination within Primary Care Partnerships and more recently as an integral part of a number of HARP initiatives. In response to this activity and the development of the Whole of ICT Strategy to be implemented by the Office of Health Information Systems, the sector has asked DHS to convene a forum on electronic referral to share what has been learnt and outline future directions.

Forum agenda and key messages

Victorian statewide forum on electronic referral - agenda (30kb, pdf)

Victorian statewide forum on electronic referral (summary report April 2004) (310kb, pdf)

Service coordination implementation information resource (May 2003) (128kb, pdf)

Summary of project presentations

• Presentation 1 - Service Coordination Electronic Referral System: Do the BITS & BATS add up?
• Presentation 2 - Establishing the online Service Directory & e-Referral across Western Metropolitan Region agencies
• Presentation 3 - Electronic Referral, workplace issues and communication

• Presentation 1 - Clinical Information for General Practitioners: The encrypted emailed discharge summary
• Presentation 2 - GP Links: issues in implementation of e-referral
• Presentation 3 - E Referral in the South West
• Presentation 4 - Connecting with GPs - Implementation of Electronic Discharge Summaries

• Presentation 1 - Development of Information Management Approach for Eastern Health HARP programs
• Presentation 2 - A step or a leap forward into the future
• Presentation 3 - Service Co-ordination and e-Referral Project
• Presentation 4 - Meeting the challenge of acute to primary care e-Referrals. Melbourne Health's e-Referral system?

• Implementation of the SCTT
• Statewide Services Directory
• SCTT Messaging Standards

Contact

Contact information for further enquires.

top of page