IT / IM

Project Officer -
Alex Dolezal Ph 8752 4912

Mission
To improve the health and quality of life of the community in the Central Sydney Division boundaries through a process of ensuring the smooth flow, introduction, implementation and management of information management and information technologies in General Practice.

Vision
To ensure that the General Practitioners in our division are at ease with the use of information technology for clinical and administrative purposes.

Training
We regularly hold computer skills, Medical Director and Best Practice courses for GPs and practice staff in our computer lab.
3 Active Learning Modules focus on Medical Director.

Getting Started with Medical Director.
Advanced Medical Director
Medical Director & Chronic Disease Management

2 Active Learning Modules focus on Best Practice software.

Getting Started with Best Practice
Advanced Best Practice.

Practice staff can assist with information management of your surgery. The introductory training for practice staff provides general understanding of Medical Director, with focus on maintaining the patient database, updating the address book and identifying at risk patients. The advanced module concentrates on recalls and the use of letter writer.

PRACTICE SUPPORT

Broadband for Health
All accredited surgeries and majority of surgeries that are not accredited are eligible for Broadband for Health funding, subsidising 12 months of broadband access. This initiative is running till June 2007.

Computerisation Support
Once a surgery decides to computerize, the GPs are at loss of where to start. This can be a daunting task and the project provides support with advice on what hardware, software and other system requirements are required for efficient computer system.

Information Security
The new requirements of 3rd edition RACGP Standards for GP for information security place increased responsibility on surgeries to protect their electronic data. These include appointing practice IT security coordinator, ensuring regular backups of your data, sufficient password protection, protecting your data from viruses and other malicious attacks if connected to the Internet, having a disaster recovery plan in place etc. The project provides explanation of the requirements and helps you complete the security template.

On-Site Training
Individualized Medical Director and Best Practice training and troubleshooting in your surgery.

Recall & Reminder Visits
Practice support for setting up an efficient electronic recall system. During the practice visit which demonstrates how the recall process should be conducted on your system.

Resources
Medical Director and Best Practice letter writing templates are gradually being developed. You can download these and import into Medical Director/Best Practice using the guide provided. You can also place a request for having a particular letter writing template/customized letter head developed by contacting the IMIT Project Officer.