TY - GEN
T1 - The Hare and the Hortoise
T2 - 23rd Australian National Health Informatics Conference, HIC 2015
AU - Htat, Kyaw Kyaw
AU - Williams, Patricia A.H.
AU - McCauley, Vincent
N1 - This article is published online with Open Access by IOS Press and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - In a health system increasingly driven by cost constraints, there is a focus on improved electronic transfer of information to support healthcare delivery. One area of healthcare that has moved more quickly than others to achieve this is prescribing in the primary care environment. Whilst the move to electronic transfer of prescriptions has reduced transcription errors, the regulatory environment persists with handwritten signatures. This constraint, whilst addressed slowly with technology solutions, needs support from legislative change. The ultimate step is to have a secure mobile model, which would support the move to a fully-electronic, paperless transaction model.
AB - In a health system increasingly driven by cost constraints, there is a focus on improved electronic transfer of information to support healthcare delivery. One area of healthcare that has moved more quickly than others to achieve this is prescribing in the primary care environment. Whilst the move to electronic transfer of prescriptions has reduced transcription errors, the regulatory environment persists with handwritten signatures. This constraint, whilst addressed slowly with technology solutions, needs support from legislative change. The ultimate step is to have a secure mobile model, which would support the move to a fully-electronic, paperless transaction model.
KW - electronic Transfer of Prescription
KW - eTP
KW - HL7
KW - implementing eTP
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84951922109&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3233/978-1-61499-558-6-114
DO - 10.3233/978-1-61499-558-6-114
M3 - Conference contribution
C2 - 26210427
AN - SCOPUS:84951922109
SN - 9781614995579
T3 - Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
SP - 114
EP - 120
BT - Driving Reform
A2 - Georgiou, Andrew
A2 - Grain, Heather
A2 - Schaper, Louise K.
PB - IOS PRESS
CY - Amsterdam, Netherlands
Y2 - 3 August 2015 through 5 August 2015
ER -