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GPs continue to shun MyHealth Record scheme Paul Smith
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Only 380 GPs appear to be actively using the billion-dollar MyHealth Record despite its recent Federal Government “reboot”. Comments
According to Department of Health figures, 378 “providers” updated or uploaded a shared health summary (SHS) to the system in February. Only 60 providers in Queensland posted the summaries — meant to be MyHealth Record’s information backbone — during the month. In WA there were only 19 providers; in SA just 18 and in Victoria just 51. From next month, the government will attempt to put more pressure on doctors to become involved by making it mandatory for GP clinics to upload a fixed number of summaries to receive ehealth Practice Incentive Program payments. The summaries include a list of current medications, diagnoses, allergies and immunisation histories. February 2016: documents uploaded/updated to MyHealth Record Shared health summaries
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While GP engagement with the MyHealth Record remains extremely patchy, hospitals in northern Sydney and north Brisbane have begun uploading patient discharge summaries en masse. A total of 15,700 and 4600 were uploaded, respectively, during February. It is still “too soon” to judge whether the summaries were helping GPs, said Dr Magdalen Campbell, chair of the Sydney North Health Network.
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Related News: • Practices to lose thousands if GPs don't create PCEHR summaries • New name and opt-out policy won't save the personal health record But she stressed the discharge summaries contained a medical history and relevant social and family history captured at the point of the admission, as well as a record of changes to medications. “[It does mean a discharged patient] can follow up with their GP … on their postoperative care," she said. “All the necessary information — such as pathology reports, X-rays and medication management — are available at that consultation, allowing the GP to have a current profile of the patient and their needs.
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